I'm not in any way selling out by having a record that's good enough for radio.

I feel like I kind of got my own lane, but I think if you mix T.I., Andre3000, Hov and Kanye you kinda get who I am. And I'm a huge fan of all of those artists, I grew up on a little bit of all them.

I can't wait until the record label feels like it's time for my album to come out, and then just disappear.

I'm going to keep proving people wrong, whether it's my record label, other artists.

I just continue to grind on my own. You can't deny good music at the end of the day.

I'm always looking for good music.

Atlanta is not like New York, where everybody piles into one place.

I basically lived through what could have been my downfall and survived it, so whatever comes my way, I'm ready.

It's cool to have a personal relationship with someone who's your idol. Someone whose music you used to constantly listen to, when you were hoping you could make it one day.

A lot of artists just put on the people they can make money off of.

I try to only work with people whose craft I believe in.

100 trillion is 100 followed by 12 zeroes

A jerk on a motorcycle is equal to a leaf, because I find it beautiful when these things fall.

I was a fashion addict by the time I was 11 years old. I'd wear a miniskirt and patent-leather boots.

They who humble themselves before knowledge of any kind generally end up the wiser and as voices with something meaningful to say.

I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.

I learned also that the best way to keep out of trouble was by never complaining or asking for anything.

Usually I'm only using my instruments when I'm recording or playing a gig.

High school sports: where lessons of life are still being learned, and where athletes still compete for the love of the game and their teammates.

If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you're needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.

Designers have a responsibility to show the future as they want it to be - or at least as it can be, not just the way an industry wants it to be.