Brooklyn is where I primarily developed. I had an opportunity to make records and perform in clubs here and there, and I started networking with the right people in the right places.

It's almost not safe to be an artist, the way everybody is randomly picking people to feud with.

Funny how the love be fake...but I ain't stressin'. Thankful for the love that's genuine...appreciate the blessin'.

Miss can I get a second to speak and quietly mention, That I am so into who you are, can I get your attention?

You're gonna notice me when I come in. I'm gonna make a statement without opening my mouth, and when I leave, you're gonna remember that.

I have no trouble being a good dude because that's what I am.

You need to sweat yourself. Don't sweat nobody else.

My thinking is that if we're going to take from a culture, let's take from a culture that has exemplified success for thousands of years.

Then i starter krompy kromp with Kroomp Krompp and the i kromped all over the Krommmmp!

It's kinda hard bein humble in the belly of the struggle, Doin things that probably get you in trouble.

My making it is a combination of grinding, grinding, grinding and being lucky enough to finally get a shot.

When the wind blows, the weak are carried away by it, the strong resist it, and the wise manipulate it.

[P]erhaps this was how you knew a good deed was truly good: you didn't necessarily feel better afterwards.

We crafted everything that hurt us into art.

I try to find hope in struggle and resistance in small places as much as I can.

In my life, I have made the occasional catastrophic choice, and it's just a case of moving on and learning from it.

Accept that no matter where you go to work, you are not an employee you are a business with one employee, you. Nobody owes you a career. You own it, as a sole proprietor.

I once met a man who had forgiven an injury. I hope some day to meet the man who has forgiven an insult.

To the divisive forces that would take freedom away, I want to tell you something: You can have my gun. You can pry it from my cold dead hands!

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

The more wants we have, the further we are from God, and the nearer we approach him, the better can we dispense with everything that is not Himself.