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" I never write a song before I get the track because I just feel that I have to make a marriage with that track with my raps. And if it's something that's already there, it ain't gone really fit, I don't think. "

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" There's some dudes that did Gangsta Grillz tapes who probably weren't worthy of it - their label just put up the bread, or they did a favor. "

Freddie Gibbs

Bread

Gangsta

Favor

" Scarface is my favorite rapper. "

Freddie Gibbs

Favorite

Rapper

" I wanted to be a gangsta from birth, not because of the music but moreso what I was seeing, what my uncles were doing. I was just fascinated with the street lifestyle from a young age. "

" I'm so hands-on and involved in my own music that I feel like if I put the same effort into another artist, then I can definitely cultivate something great. "

" I'm not trying to act like I'm Superman or better than anybody else in the game. I'm just telling my story, showing my strengths and weaknesses - as a human, as a person, as a man. "

" I think that 'Pinata' album is going to stand the test of time. It's going to be a moment in hip-hop, whether people know it or not. It's nothing else like that in rap. It's going to forever hold its place. "

" I think that with me and Madlib, I was never afraid to really experiment with his tracks and things. "

" I still bump 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.' I used to listen to it before all my football games. "

" I had a nightmare that I was mopping floors and that this Freddie Gibbs thing was all a dream. "

" When I first came in the game, I had a bunch of homies that rapped that was hanging around me just because I was getting the rap attention, and they felt they could feed off of that. "

" I've been known not to bite my tongue. "

" Eminem heard my music, and he didn't wanna take a meeting with me. "

Freddie Gibbs

Heard

Meeting

" When everybody goes left, I'm gonna go right most of the time. "

Freddie Gibbs

Left

Most

" I always knew that I would be some type of public figure, but I never knew that it would be rapping, 'cause my dad sang: I saw him deal with the ills of the music industry, just on the outside looking in. "

" Lil Wayne makes good music. He's one of the best rappers. "

" I'm like LeBron, man. I'm like a smaller LeBron. That's why I'm not in the NBA. If I had about five, six more inches, I'd be in the league. "

Freddie Gibbs

Why

Five

" This is the land of getting over. The land of second or even third chances; the land of doing whatever you have to do by any means necessary in order to fulfill the American Dream. "

" I don't mind travelling. I'm independent, so I gotta get on the grind. "

" Stuart Scott was a hero. "

" Ninety percent of the general public aren't gangstas, so all of the rappers aren't going to be gangstas. "

" I don't really know what a debut album is no more. As long as you got music on the streets, you've debuted. "

Freddie Gibbs

Long

Music

" Ain't nothin' changed with me. I'm Eastside Gary til I die. "

Freddie Gibbs

Nothin

Changed

" I played wide receiver in high school; then I went to college at Ball State and played safety. "

" I ain't on no major. Everything independent. Either way it goes, I am doing me, and I am doing Freddie Gibbs. "

Freddie Gibbs

I Am

Independent

" I never took a dollar from Young Jeezy. No advance, nothing. "

" I went to a Bulls game when it was still in Chicago Stadium before they built the United Center. "

" I'm not trying to obey the rules of radio. "

" I wasn't fully aware of the things that Madlib did musically, but my manager put me up on game. I'm not gonna act like I was a Madlib head when I wasn't. I didn't understand a lot of it at first. But it opened my mind to some things, and it's me bringing that gangster element to things that he does. It's like a perfect marriage. "

Freddie Gibbs

Head

Gangster

" I like good music, whichever lane it comes out of. As long as it's dope, that is all that matters with me. "

Freddie Gibbs

Good

Music

" I always feel like the underdog. "