From an early age, music was my only thing. You come from Detroit, you learn how to make the most of what you can do best.

I never was a crazy liquor drinker, and I don't like beer that much - though I keep the brews at home because my homies love beer.

Certain people in life are just going to take what's given to them, and certain people in life know they want better and they're going to go find better. I've always been that type of person.

If you like soggy cereal, then we not friends.

I used to rap as a kid and people were impressed by it, so it gave me the drive to keep going. Everybody has at least one talent. I guess this is my talent.

The most popular rap artists aren't supposed to be rapping about being broke.

I don't really feel famous. I'm just an internet guy. I walk down the street and people don't really mess with me too much. I still have my life.

I want to be able to do what I want to do. A lot of times, the major labels, they can't see the vision, they can only see the dollar signs. So, it doesn't really work out like that.

I use the Internet for what it's for: to learn.

I'll be getting all types of crazy fans, from the hoodest dude to the straight-up dude in a business suit. It's dope. I have a crazy wide-range fan base.

The reason I never wanted to sign with a big label was because I didn't want no one telling me how to make my music.

Every story has a time to be told

Songwriters can sort of get away with murder. You can throw out crazy theories and not have to back it up with data or graphs or research.

The worst thing a good girl could do to you is break your heart.

If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to exalt virtue?

Peace is the harvest of love as war is the fruit of hate.

Our cause is just. Our union is perfect.

Any systematic body of knowledge is science. The more systematic the body of knowledge is the more scientific it is.

It's amazing to impact people's lives - it's a cool thing to have the spotlight and be able to reassure people, to say, "It's OK to be you."

Seeking the invisible through the imagery of the visible, the Americans never can get quite all the way to the end of the American dream.

There's nothing more fun than putting on an old costume and jewelry and being in a house that's decorated from the '20s or '30s or whatever.