I will rap circles around anybody.

I had T-Pain on one of my singles before anyone really knew of him. I was the first one to put that to life of having T-Pain on the hook.

The rap game without me would be like woofers without bass.

Communication, that keeps everything cool. Not holding anything back, you got to tell each other what's on your mind, that's really it. Otherwise when one gets mad at one, it can burst and you just let it out and it can just come out wrong.

You know, I don't turn down autographs. I try to sign as many autographs as I can.

Long as the Earth is here, hip-hop'll be here.

I was a little bit ahead of my time.

I paint pictures with my raps.

I'm just a storyteller.

I don't listen to rap all the time. Even though I rap, rap can be nerve-wracking.

When I do listen to music a lot of times I listen to old school music, I'm talking about Earth, Wind & Fire, I'm talking about the Isley Brothers, the O'Jays. It just eases my mind.

Sometimes all your fanbase wants you to do is stay within your envelope and do you because that's what they love you for.

For the first six years of my career I was independent. I got on to a major and did my thing there. I had platinum and gold records and all that.

When you do mixtapes, a lot of times your fanbase can say, 'We've been getting this for free for so many years, his new album is about to drop, we've listened to it, and we're not going to buy it. We'll download it for free.'

I feel like I'm a voice of hope.

I'm not a full-fledged producer, but I can be one if I want to really spend my time on straight being a producer.

When I was little, seven or eight years old, in third and fourth grade, I would always try to use long words and stuff.

I feel like this - everybody, every rapper to me, I feel like every rapper got a little bit of E-40 in them, whether they know it or not.

You feel me' - that's straight from me. You can put a stamp on that.

I've got songs that'll make a gangster cry.

I got a solid fan base and they love me and I love them. They know I'ma give them what they want to hear.

I started playing drums in the 4th grade.

I'm always giving life lessons in my music.

I always stay humble. I don't act funny towards nobody.