I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet.

I'm not trying to be sexy. It's just my way of expressing myself when I move around.

I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else.

My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.

Before I save someone else, I have to save myself.

Like Shakespeare, I too am often occupied with the pursuit of my creative endeavors and dealing with all aspects of life's mundane matters. "Who are the best musicians for these songs?" "Am I recording in the right studio?" "Is this song in the right key?" Some things never change, even in 400 years. Not once have I ever had the time to ask myself, "Are my songs literature?" So, I do thank the Swedish Academy, both for taking the time to consider that very question, and, ultimately, for providing such a wonderful answer.