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" I come from a place, with all due respect, who's never had a music star in hip-hop. So the odds is already against me. "

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" I'm fortunate enough to be living my dreams and a lot of other peoples' dreams. "

" Not everybody is a great rapper; not everybody lives for the art of lyricism. "

" I'd love a super human memory. My memory has never been good. "

" I used to switch up my cologne every two to three months, get a new wave - Dolce, Versace, Burberry. But Black Orchid, that joint stayed. That's the smell of beauty that stays on you... and girls love Tom Ford. "

" Ruzzle's my therapy. When I get off the stage from a packed show and I'm exhausted, I'll just go Ruzzle for like a good 30 minutes. "

" Hip-hop is all about impact, baby. You can sell records, you can be two-times platinum, you can be gold... but if you lame, you lame, man. We try to provide the exact opposite of that. It's style, individuality, confidence. We exude that. "

" I'm insecure about things. I'm not afraid to say it, though. Even when my publicist is like, 'Go on the red carpet,' I don't wanna go. "

" You don't necessarily pick the singles that you want when you're making a record, but for the most part it's the same process. You're the artist - you make the music that you want to make. "

" I'm a regular person. I know a lot of people love being famous. I don't like it. I'm just chillin'. YouknowwhatI'msayin'? "

" A lot of my female fans discovered me through the passion I have for bettering myself. Not to say the dudes don't, but my female fan-base is based off women who want to do better. "

" I've always been a Nike person. "

" I'm at like 325 pairs right now, give or take. But I've given away about 200 pairs of sneakers. I'm not as big of a collector as I used to be, because I think the game just got weird. Everybody likes to collect now, so it's kind of corny. But I got the essentials. "

" There are certain things that can be asked that get me excited. It's never a thing where I think I'm too good, I'm just the type of person who likes to be enlightened. I don't like to go through the motions. "

" I speak my mind. That's what we loved Tupac for. "

" Basically, the Internet is just the way now. It's the end-all, be-all of self-promotion. It's not like you got to burn CDs and pass them out or sell them. The Internet is a tool that reaches billions and billions of people. It's like a no-brainer to tie it in with self-promotion, or even label promotion. "

" I take a lot of pride in my live show and put more energy there than I do in the studio. "

" My dream tour would be like, me, Cole, Drake, Sean, Meek. I think that would be dope, something like that; big venues. "

" I dated a lot, but I never really had anyone who was worthy of an anniversary. And most girlfriends never made it to a year, anyway. "

" When we were in D.C. my daddy used to cut his hair with a bowl. Crucial. If you're African, Haitan, Jamaican or even more poor than the people in the project, you'll know about that. "

" I want to be on a show that's not sensitive to racial jokes; I want to be on one where they call me everything and I call them right back. There's blatant racism going both ways. That's what we need. "

" I'm a passionate person, to a fault at times. "

" The first thing that's important is to really have people believe in you. If you have that, you can do anything. "

" I feel like I'm one of the more creative artists in the game. I think I'm going to be here for a while. "

" I go out, but not too much. When I'm on tour, I just write a lot of music and sleep. "

" I hope everybody thinks they've got the best album. I wouldn't have put mine out if I didn't think it was the best. "

" I've become a workaholic. When the shows slow down and there's no press and I can get my time to myself in the studio with my music, I get into this zone, man. I enter this incredible space where I'm just making music. And I feel like I can work with anybody - with Elton John, with Hanson - and I can make something incredible. "

" We lived in a one-bedroom apartment in Northwest D.C. I was essentially raised by a Panamanian man and a Jamaican woman. That's why I have such a fascination with Jamaican food. "

" No days off. I'm a workaholic. "

" I don't want to be one of those guys that you see who made $4 million, invested $3.5 million, and now you work at Wendy's. "