“It’s hard to articulate how I think about myself as a public figure.”

We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor – got her master’s with honors at the University of New Orleans. I used to go to every class with her. Her father was my paternal figure.

I’m in this business to be creative – I’ll even diminish it and say to be a content provider.

I’m big on what’s in good taste.

My TV ain’t HD, that’s too real

I respect Drake not only as a creative person but as a business mind as well. I think Drake’s important.

I don’t intend to stop making music.

I booked my first studio at like 12 or 13. Somewhere in that season of my life, singing along with the radio became me wanting to be on radio.

I won’t touch on risky, because that’s subjective. People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don’t necessarily merit fear.

Those who are heartless, once cared too much.

Smile, it’s easier than explaning why you’re sad.

Don’t feel sad over someone who gave up on you, feel sorry for them because they gave up on someone who would have never given up on them.

How we experience memory sometimes, it’s not linear. We’re not telling the stories to ourselves. We know the story; we’re just seeing it in flashes overlaid.

It’s cool to be recognised by your peers.

Sometimes I’m fascinated with how famous my work could be while I’m not so famous.

I was a thug.

As a lifestyle you always being the focal point is innately unhealthy.

It’s cool when fans spend so much time making things for me.

I don’t even call them fans. I don’t like that. They’re literally just a part of my life; they’re a part of my family.

I don’t do things for the response or the controversy. I just live my life.

The image is one thing and the human being is another. It’s very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.

I always love being in the studio.

I always appreciate my name in lights.

Being a star just means that you just find your own special place, and that you shine where you are.

When you become a celebrity, the world owns you and your image.