“Everyone gets that second album syndrome.”

I’m quite claustrophobic, and I don’t like everyone crowding around and shouting the same questions.

When i was 12 all of my friends had girlfriends and i didn’t, i felt lonely so i asked my mom to date me.

I’d always walk my girlfriend home, i’m too protective!

I get really nervous if pigeons are flying around before shows. I can’t stand them after one once flew in through my bathroom window and went for me while I was having a wee. That was enough. I think pigeons target me.

I don’t know, it’s odd that girls ask if they can hug me. Don’t ask, do it. I’m just a regular guy.

My accent always works with girls. They like it, I have no idea why.

I’ve got my old favorites like The Eagles and Bon Jovi.

Someone told me the smile on my face gets bigger when I play the guitar.

Simon Cowell is tight. That’s why he’s so successful – he’s able to keep his money to himself.

Every now and then you have like a realization moment where you get goosebumps and think, “I am literally the luckiest person in the world.

Frankly, I don’t care what others say.

I hate it when girls act stupid ’cause they think it’s cute. Intelligence is sexy.

I wonder if anyone thinks of me when they can’t fall asleep at night.

I’ve not actually been on too many dates.

I like anything that’s edible.

When I have time off, all I want to do is do nothing.

I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.

Stillmatic’ is the rebirth of ‘Illmatic,’ my first debut album to come out in 1994. ‘Stillmatic’ is me coming full circle in my career and with everything, and just bringing pure hip-hop back.

By the time I got to record my first album, I was 26, I didn’t need pen or paper – my memory had been trained just to listen to a song, think of the words, and lay them to tape.

My first album didn’t come out until I was 26.

Some people are attracted to vulnerability. From my very first album, I’ve been vulnerable. I’ve always given parts of me, parts of my life – good, bad, ugly. I’ve never put up this image as a super-thug. Also, some people just like the music.

The average rap life is two or three albums. You’re lucky to get to your second album in rap!

When I’m recording my album, I want to be acting, or when I’m on set, I want to be making music.

Nothing me and Kanye can do musically was gonna match the event of what we were trying to do. So we were trying to deliver an album and experience at one time; that was the idea for ‘Watch The Throne’.