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.

I meet so many people that just sort of say, "I want to thank you for your music. It really helped me" or "It changed my life."

I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity... to see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that.

If you're out there day after day, going around playing the same places, you pretty much think you've reached your audience. But there's more people finding my music every day.

Music is for people who can't handle their own thoughts.

There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.