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" Hip-hop for me has always been hardcore and edgy. "

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" Where I'm from is like 'Hustle & Flow' versus '8 Mile.' It's that really grimy, box-Chevy, dope-boy, working-class music. "

" Triple 6 Mafia and Mystikal in Atlanta was one of my first shows. I remember how sweaty and smashed up everybody was, and it was so punk rock. "

" I equally love both, classic rock and hip-hop. I love all music, really, and I really use classic rock a lot. I'm heavily influenced by that melodically in my music. I can't really separate the two. "

" The way I perceive an album to sound and the way I put out mixtapes are two different energies. There's a different focus; there's a different sound. "

" You learn how to be an individual quick after 15 schools, man. After the first five or six, you realize you're always gonna be the new kid. "

" Anyone can relate to struggle, whether you're European or Asian. Anyone can relate to having to get up and go to work and eat. "

" I love performing. I love getting out there. It's kind of like why I make music. "

" American music culture is black culture. "

" I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime. "

" Shady's great; I love Shady Records. "

" Most of my albums have a concept. They all have some kind of theme, some kind of feeling. I really take pride in that. "

" 'Yela' represents hunger, life, light, fire, power. 'Wolf' speaks to my fighting spirit. The soul I put in my music. "

" You don't want to get stuck with a record that you've done with someone that you feel obligated to put out - that's not really dope, just because you made an effort to get together and work. "

" I can tell you that when you're willing to give your life up to see a dream through, the reward is great. "

" I don't sit under the tattoo gun unless I'm sold on it completely and it will define me as a person. "

" Race is still real and you got to recognize it. "

" Sometimes I want to party, sometimes I want to fight and sometimes I want to cry. "

" I don't go to clubs and throw money and pop bottles. That's not my thing, no disrespect. "

" My grandmother, grandfather, my mom - we've always been driven by laughter. It's what held us together. Thanksgivings, any kind of family get-together, we usually end up in tears. "

" I do so much music that it's like a fog, and I can't even remember all of it. "

" I just picked up a lot of classic-rock, melodic influence from my mom, music that she listened to, like 10,000 Maniacs, Led Zeppelin, REO Speedwagon and Yes. "

" I'm not ashamed of anything that I've done because when I did it, I was passionate about it and I was doing it for a reason. "

" I'm never in the mood to eat or drink when I get to a show. I'm just too nerved out. "

" Fans are all I care about - to be honest. If they stop coming to the shows, then I will get worried. "

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" Just because a rapper is white, I don't feel the need to attack them. "