Hate is a strong word. I don't really try to hate anything. Yeah, you could say I have a complicated, domestic relationship with America for sure.

You're only as strong as your weakest link so you've got to make sure everybody in your crew is on point.

Got dragon balls like my name was Vegeta

I'm a really humble person and I'm a really on-the-go person. For me, it's never that serious.

I'm a person who likes to develop. I like for people to see me grow.

Regardless of anything, my dad wants me to "get that piece of paper!" - degree over everything.

I would never know how that person felt when they first heard my song. They coulda been at rock bottom and my song could have literally been the thing that saved them, but I would never know that.

I believe I am of the natural.

My schedule has not calmed down, but I'm definitely not so devastated as I used to be. Definitely cooler now. A lot of blessings have fallen into my lap, and I'm very thankful to receive all of them.

Jamaica's probably the most dominant island as far as influence goes, as far as music and dancing and culture.

The economic crisis really affected my family - 2006 to 2011 were really bad times. Almost everybody in my family lost their jobs.

Most of the stories you hear about dragons are fodder for fools.

Digging deep inside you as a writer will damn near kill you at times. But in the end, your words will be true and undeniable for the reader, and that is all that ever really matters in writing.

Our 'mistakes' become our crucial parts, sometimes our best parts, of the lives we have made.

Blessed are they who never read a newspaper, for they shall see Nature, and through her, God.

I’m pretty masochistic. I kill myself for my craft – Literally

Before using a fine word, make a place for it.

Solitude is not the absence of company, but the moment when our soul is free to speak to us and help us decide what to do with our life.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Wherever there is power there is age.

What literature brings to our times is always the fact that literature refuses to bring any simple or easy answers.