“I just remember I wanted to make my own dynasty and not keep following trends. I wanted to make my own.”

Feeling more comfortable onstage is something I’ve worked on – it’s really about just being the artist I am.

Even though it’s tiring, I’m having the time of my life.

Definitely people like Kanye, inspired me to work hard. He’s somebody who I’ve seen put that grind in over the years.

Sometimes when you make good stuff and you love it, it gets outdated sometimes, because you’ve held on to it so long, you may not like it like you used to.

Patience is the ability to accept trouble, suffering, delay without getting angry or upset, I feel like if you can master patience you can master anything.

For me, personally, Detroit is a melting pot for everything. We get the best from the East Coast, West Coast and down South.

I really just appreciate good jewelry, clarity, gold. I think gold is made for kings and pharaohs – that’s what I am. That’s why I rock gold and, you know, stuff like that.

I feel like when you’re a celebrity, people dehumanize you and they forget you’re a real person.

I just always stay honest with myself. All my stuff isn’t boastful, but some of it is. But that’s just the music, the art.

As I put out more music, I really want to get to the point where people feel like my show is a must-see.

It’s evolution, man. Eventually the student becomes the teacher.

I’m not that big, physically. I’m just big where it counts – I got a big heart!

God made me in my beautiful form so I’m just trying to execute it.

Chains and stuff are nice, don’t get me wrong I love them and I wear chains, but I can do without it.

A man that can master patience can master anything.

Being in the Midwest, you get the best of all worlds and add your own flavor to it.

Time is the king of all men, he is their parent and their grave, and gives them what he will and not what they crave.

You can be the king, but watch the queen conquer.

I am not the King. Jesus Christ is the King. I’m just an entertainer.

Too many kings can ruin an army.

The man who can sing when he hasn’t got a thing, he’s the king of the whole wide world.

Kings are the slaves of history.

It is not the kings and generals that make history, but the masses of the people.

Had a dream, I was King, I woke up, still King.