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" I was always feisty, always that kid that would be on the porch with a hairbrush singing or rapping. "

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" It's just that back then we didn't know that was considered being a coproducer. I would sit on the side and say what I wanted musically, but at the time we thought if you aren't the one playing it, you don't get the credit. Now you'll start seeing my name listed as producer. "

" My blood pressure was always up from just overworking. "

" Especially when the expectations become so high of you, you always remember the last record that might have been really successful, and you're trying to outdo that or trying to make something that does not sound like the last record. "

" All of the trials and tribulations from personal to the artist. It shows that I'm human. People see the glamorous stuff, but they don't see the background. "

" I never stopped recording, but I went through a period where... The one thing that a lot of people don't know is that for as long as I've been as artist, I've been a writer and a producer. "

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" What my home life is like now is great. "

" If you believe a black cat is bad luck, people think you're crazy, but plenty of times, if I see a black cat down my street, I turn around and go the other way. Even if I'm late. I'll be late for the airport and be in a limo, and if I see a black cat, I'll be like, 'Sir, you have to turn around and go down the next street.' "

" Seeing my mother become very strong and very independent had a huge impact on me. "

" When it comes to size, most people don't want to see themselves looking bigger than what they are. "

" You get people who rap about stuff that they don't do all day long. Half those guys, you hear them on the radio, and then you meet them, and you're like, 'Wow. They're so sweet.' "

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" I remember having mice in the house and my father taking some newspaper and beating me because mice was running on me while I was asleep. "

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" I always feel the need to work as if I don't have a deal, because that's what's going to keep me around for a long time. "