“I see hip-hop as going in a self-managing place. It’s very culturally controlled and artist-controlled. It’s not really based on a label anymore. Everything is pretty much in the control of the artist. Which is amazing.”

I don’t write; I just go in the booth.

Sometimes I might be sleepy, and sometimes I’ve literally been sleeping backstage, woken up, gone straight on stage or gone crazy. It’s not like I psyche myself; I don’t do any of that.

There’s a lot of us out here that are birds, man. We all need to just fly.

Words mean nothing without action.

I don’t really write. I’m an on-the-spot type of person. This beat, let’s listen to it; let’s vibe. And then I’ll do a melody, and then we’ll go back and do it.

Who put this together? I’m the glue.

Drake is an amazing person. Also, a magician. He’s a big brother, super-talent; he’s cool.

You say You love, Don’t you lie.

In my whole career, all I wanted was acceptance from Kid Cudi. I don’t care about nothing else! This dude saved my life.

I consider myself an artist, which is, like, the most played term, but I believe it.

Even when shits dark. Your spirit is light.

Everybody just has different steps in their life that they take to do what they should.

I feel like God put me here to help out with people’s soul, man. God put me here to help out with people’s soul, man.

Keep on loving in the face of hate.

You grow up in a small community, there’s no outlet like New York or L.A.

Need ya love, not a need it is a must.