I guess people would categorize hipster rap just by how people look, skinny jeans and fashion rap. I was never that. In my music I never put the emphasis on clothes.

Where I'm from, life's a gamble, grab the dice/'Fore I leave, pray to God, then I grab my Nikes

They tell me 'find God' like I don't know where He at. And if He lost, then why we followin' Him? Just acknowledge the fact that a Father exists, And a Devil's alive...I'm just caught in the mix.

I don't think my music really provokes that kind of energy that makes people want to grab AKs and rally through the streets. I don't think my music is gangsta in that sense.

I always loved rapping ever since Snoop said "1-2-3-4," I was repeating lines, but I didn't start writing my own lyrics until I was twelve.

Courage is the thing. All goes if courage

For we are all walking each other to our deaths, and the journey between footsteps makes up our lives

Pride cannot be hidden just like humility cannot be faked.

Research now means a Google search.

The best time to give feedback to strong people is when they're feeling weak, and to weak people when they're feeling strong.

Don't look for your dreams to come true; look to become true to your dreams.

You have to discipline your children, or they won't respect you, law enforcement or God or anyone else.

After three failed marriages, I know what it's like to be replaced.

Dancing is at once rational & healthful: it gives animal spirits; it is the natural amusement of young people, & such it has been from the days of Moses.

Teach music and singing at school in such a way that it is not a torture but a joy for the pupil; instill a thirst for finer music in him, a thirst which will last for a lifetime.