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.

People haven't always been there for me, but music always has.

Throughout my career, I fed off the fuel of people not being able to understand me.

There's a lot of pressure putting an album out all over the world and hoping people everywhere like it.

Just before I record, I go buy a few albums to see what people are doing. Whether they have improved any, or whether anything happened. And nothing's really happened. There's a lot of great guitarists and musicians around, but nothing's happening, you know.

I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if that's all you've got, it's just boring. Everything I write, whether it's happy or sad, has a sense of humor to it.