I went through every emotion with tryna pursue what I'm doing, you know what I mean? And I think what's gon' separate whoever's gon go for something, that you ain't gon' quit.

Sometimes you have to take two steps back to take ten forward.

Material things ain't nothing. You feel me? At the end of the day, it's who you is. You wasn't born with it; you gon' die without it.

It sounds simple telling people to work hard and never quit, but to really execute and demonstrate those principles takes discipline and faith. Those are the two factors that I believe separate the good from the great, the successes from the failures.

Not one person can make or break what I'm doing, except me or God.

Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it's happening.

I say that in the most humble way: I always knew that I could perform with the best of 'em and I could deliver with the best of 'em.

I believe that economics is based on scarcity of markets. And it's possible to monetize your art without compromising the integrity of it for commerce.

Premature certainty is the enemy of the truth.