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" I love movies. I own, like, every movie, ever. "

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" On the second half of 'Under Pressure,' I talk about my family, and there are voicemails on my phone from when I was on the road that actually make up the second half of the nine-minute song. I transcribe them and rap them as if I were my sister, my brother, or my father. "

" As much time and effort, emotion, anger, love, joy that you put into another human being, you're not guaranteed to receive that back. And that's OK. That's alright. "

" I'm not just going to get a deal; I'm going to get the deal. And in my deal I got by signing with No I.D. to Def Jam, I got full creative control, the money was great, the contract was good, and I got to create the album that I wanted. "

" I've been working a lot with No I.D. and Hit-Boy. "

" I'm proud to be biracial, and there's a lot of people that say things like, 'I don't see color,' and I completely understand that, but I think different is beautiful, but I think our difference shouldn't separate us, and for me in this era, in this time, in everything that we're going through, my whole thing is just about unity, man. "

" On the song 'Buried Alive,' it's almost like the instrumental is a therapist. "

" I was so scared because I was thought I had to work, work, work, because I thought I might only be around for five years. I thought I wasn't good enough to last. "

" I skipped school starting in tenth grade. I started doing badly and failed every class but English, so they kicked me out of school. They gave up on me. "

" Everything I do creatively is never for money. "

" I realized that everybody is a critic. They're going to say they hate you, they love you, they this, they that, but at the end of the day, no matter what, I have to be confident in myself as a man and an artist. "

" I was raised in a black household and grew up with black homies. "

" My mother was racist. "

" I just do what makes me happy. "

" I got songs about being broke, being on welfare, being poor, Section 8. "

" I wake up every day, make awesome music with awesome people, and tour the world, which is incredible. "

" There are certain artists that get into the little circle in hip-hop, and everybody is talking about them, and they are buzzing. But they can't go out and sell out tours, perform in front of 3,000 people a night, and things like that. We did things backwards; with Visionary, we got all the fans first. "

" I would like to think that I'm a gentleman and a nice guy. "

" By the time you get what you always wanted, you want something else. "

" Fans tend to think that if you fall in love with an artist... and then he gets bigger, and he grows, and he starts to make a different sound, 'He's changing on us.' But with me, I created all types of sounds from the get go, so you can never say I'm changing; you can never say I'm going mainstream or I'm selling out. "

" I'm not the rapper that's too cool to tweet and talk to fans. "

" I'm not Tupac or this prophetic dude or anything like that. I just want to make music and have fun. "

" If you listen to a woman, you'll know what she wants. "

" I have seven brothers and sisters, and I'm the only one who looks white because my mother has had children by all black men, and then my father has children with other women as well. "

" Producing isn't just making beats on a beat machine. It's bringing together these string players with this flute player and this singer, and telling them to all work in the key of C major... You bring these people together and let them all cook. "

" Hate is ugly. "

" When I grab the microphone, I am the greatest rapper, musician, and artist that ever lived, ever, in the entire universe - but when I put that microphone down, I am a man with so much to learn, personally and professionally. "

" I don't party. I don't drink. I don't smoke. "

" I wake up every day, I deal with hundreds of thousands, or millions, of dollars. I fund my tours by myself. I do merch by myself. I employ people. I have my own successful company. "

" I've invested a couple million into touring, and that's paid off. "

" I want to be known for what I am, black and white, because I'm proud of both. "