If I'm going to lose, I'd rather lose on my own accord.

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.

Evil often triumphs but never conquers.

One cannot live without inconsistency.

Create some psychological space between you and your project by imagining you're doing it for someone else or contemplating what advice you'd give to another person in your predicament.

Lukewarm people don't really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin.

I'll be your mess, you be mine That was the deal that we had signed

A guy gave me a job at an information booth - no questions asked.

I realize the differences between my children and use what works for each of them individually.

Even before smart phones and the Internet, we had many ways to distract our selves. Now that's compounded by a factor of trillions.

Creating investment, growing the economy and creating jobs is what this government wants to do.

Hide the ideas, but so that people find them. The most important will be the most hidden.