We need money. We need hits. Hits bring money, money bring power, power bring fame, fame change the game.

I don't want my kids saying, 'My dad was a gangster, so I need to be a gangster. I would rather mine say, 'My dad was a stunna, so I need to be a stunna.'

Like, Jay Z has some of the sickest lyrics ever, but I would never buy his CD, just because of my age and because of his age. By the time I turn that old, I ain't gonna be doing what he's doing.

When you see them be successful, however small, you say to yourself, wow. And everything becomes possible. Never denigrate, to say we will not succeed.

I know that everybody listens to me, but only my true fans will go and buy my album.

I just put anything on my back. I take what I have on hand.

This is the industry that wants [music], the rap industry. You have to be on deck all the time, but you do not have the time to do the album. It is an energy, it must be present in everyday life.

You must not you worry about leaks or pieces [stolen] on your computer. You just make songs, you gotta make music, keep stuff out. You may not know rap, but that's how it works.

I do not always listen again but if something strikes me, I exploit it.

If you're 30, 40 years old, you're not getting listened to by minors. Like, Jay Z has some of the sickest lyrics ever, but I would never buy his CD, just because of my age and because of his age.

For a long time I heard rap without paying attention, but it is still a way of life, even when you're a kid.

The liberal soul shall be made fat.

I'm not a passive person by any stretch of the imagination.

I'm trying to be really coy, and I'm not sure if I'm doing a good job.

There is in every man a certain feeling that he has been what he is from all eternity, and by no means become such in time.

A good friend remembers what we were and sees what we can be.

The press is our chief ideological weapon.

He would conclude that nothing was real except chance.

To win you must have talent and desire ­ but desire is first.

The Heart and core of everything here is good, that whatever may be the surface waves, deep down and underlying everything, there is an infinite basis of Goodness and Love.

The secret of freedom, courage.