"The thing about being an artist today is you get to develop right in front of people's eyes before you even put out an album."

"There's been people who've rapped and produced - like Kanye - but I don't feel like on the rapping side there's ever been a producer who can rap as good as I think I can rap."

"I want to be like Bruce Springsteen or something, making songs that are relevant."

"In hip-hop, there's not a lot of love. There's not a lot of love being spread. It's always like 'I'm stuntin' on you raps, or I'm better than you raps.' It's not a lot of 'Yo man, I idolize you raps.'"

"My parents were divorced by the time I was even conscious - like, I don't remember them ever being together."

"Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far."

"I kinda like the idea of having an album that's all me."

"No rapper in the world from Jay-Z to Tupac to Biggie has 100 percent love on everything they do."

"I had a rat-tail when I was younger. I had this nice Bobby Brown fade, with a rat-tail that was long enough to wrap around my face. I used to chew on the end and bite it."