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" Creative output, you know, is just pain. I'm going to be cliche for a minute and say that great art comes from pain. "

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" Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it? "

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" They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh? "

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" Madonna, I think, is the greatest visual musical artist that we've ever had. If you look at her photo log, the photographers that she was able to work with throughout her career framed her in the proper way. It was the proper context. It was that visual that made sure that everything was gonna cut through in a certain way. "

" I don't think people are going to talk in the future. They're going to communicate through eye contact, body language, emojis, signs. "

" My message isn't perfectly defined. I have, as a human being, fallen to peer pressure. "

" I'm really bad with answering questions. Usually, I don't even answer them. I try to find inspiration inside of the question. I think, and I jump from one beam of inspiration or energy to the next, as opposed to explaining the energy. "

" Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun. "

" Sometimes we be playing the politics too much and forget who we are just to win. "

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" It was a strike against me that I didn't wear baggy jeans and jerseys and that I never hustled, never sold drugs. "

" The concept of Kimye has more cultural significance than what Page Six could write. "

" I am not a fan of books. "

" For me, money is not my definition of success. Inspiring people is a definition of success. "

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" But for me to have the opportunity to stand in front of a bunch of executives and present myself, I had to hustle in my own way. I can't tell you how frustrating it was that they didn't get that. No joke - I'd leave meetings crying all the time. "

" I know how to swim through backlash. I can tread water through backlash... If anything, that's all giving me power. "

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