“A lot of artists that I’ve met let me know they’re huge fans of mine.”

I been the same dude my whole life.

The curse turned to grace when the hurt turned to faith.

There’s a difference between violence and senseless violence.

I’m still the same. That’s why the fans love me. Because they need stability in the industry.

I don’t have to be working on an album to record a song.

You can’t call any one person the devil. Because no one person has the power to be the devil.

I can forgive, I just can’t forget.

I’m a blessing to whoever gets to really know me.

No matter how hard it rains, withstand the pain.

The day I will never forget is the day I married my wife.

The places that ive been, the things that i have seen – what you have as nightmares, are what i have as dreams.

It’s a waste of energy to think about what somebody else is doing and how they doing it. I’ma just do what I do.

Do dirt, get dirt. So I treat people with the same respect that I want.

I’m glad that young black people are successful with the music. I’m not a hater.

I like L.A., I like the fans, I like to come out here to work.

A lot of people, we want a miracle, we want a huge blessing. People will forget that a miracle will only happen on the platform of a tragedy.

Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.

Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.

If you come from art, you’ll always be art.

Fear doesn’t go away. The warrior and the artist live by the same code of necessity, which dictates that the battle must be fought anew every day.

The relationship with a producer and an artist is really special. It’s got to be love and respect, amazing mutual respect for each other, because that’s what makes a good record.

Both the artist and the lover know that perfection is not loveable. It is the clumsiness of a fault that makes a person lovable.

Not every artist is a role model.

One of my goals is to find an unsigned YouTube artist and feature them on my album. That’s what I wished someone would’ve done for me.