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" I don't really have a gimmick or a 'thing.' I'm one of the few artists who gets to be himself every day. "

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" Sometimes it's the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination. "

" You know, there are artists who are 35 and up that still make rap and that still works for them. I don't know if I want to be that guy. "

" 'Perfection' to me is, I walk away from a situation and say, 'I did everything I could do right there. There was nothing more that I could do.' I was a hundred percent, like the meter was at the top. There was nothing else I could have done. You know? Like, I worked as hard as I possibly could have. That's perfection. "

" It's important for me to let my fans know I really don't care. I'm confident. "

" I don't measure my success anymore by the Grammys. I can't because I'll just end up crushed. "

" Reviews condition people. At the end of the day, a lot of human minds are malleable. They can be easily shaped with strong words. "

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" To go indie is a thing. But to put an album in the stores, you need a distribution label. "

" Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time. "

" I feel that when you care about your music, taking risks is something you should do to keep things exciting. "

" I wake up in the morning and my heart is light, man. It's not heavy. I don't have skeletons in the closet on their way out. "

" I'm actually a very honest person, and sometimes I end up like, 'Man, I said too much.' It's hard for me not to tell the truth when you ask me. "

" I would say that I'm more moved by melody, even though I love to rap. "

" There will be days when I walk in an arena and people will cheer and then there might be days when I walk in an arena and people might boo, but it all sounds the same to me because it's all just noise that lets me know that I'm relevant. "

" I'd rather tell you how I really feel. "

" I'm cool with Jay-Z. Jay-Z is genuinely my friend. "

" People like to build their own story about my life. I don't know if it makes them feel better, or if it makes it okay for them to not like me, but the last thing I grew up as was rich. "

" Trying to meet new women, it's always a little more difficult as opposed to calling somebody I knew that's single and trying to rebuild that connection. "

" There were people who incorporated melody before me, but I would deem myself the first person to successfully rap and sing. "

" My favorite artists always documented emotion. Marvin Gaye and Al Green and Sade and Aaliyah. "

" Rappers aren't the really rich ones. We all have nice houses with studios and cars, but you need a piece of someone's business to be super wealthy. "

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