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" I'm not going to lie; listen, I'm nice at basketball. "

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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. "

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

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

" My mother made me truly appreciate women. "

" I feel connected to my generation through the music, but I also fear for us. We're in a very self-destructive state where we're addicted to outside opinions and we all feel like we have fans. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I like sweaters. I have a sweater obsession, I guess. "

" I've never been reckless - it's always calculated. I'm mischievous, but I'm calculated. "

" When you're on the road and moving city to city, when someone isn't there at the end of the night, you feel empty. "

" 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. "

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

" When I'm writing, I'm thinking about how the songs are going to play live. Fifty bars of rap don't translate onstage. No matter how potent the music, you lose the crowd. They want a hook; they want to sing your stuff back to you. "

" When I think of myself, I think of Toronto. My music would never sound the way it does if it weren't for Toronto. "

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

" You do get certain publications in the States where, if things don't go according to plan, they flip the story and it becomes very negative. "

" 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. "

" I have an urge to communicate. I think I'm a change from what it would be like dating a normal guy who doesn't talk too much. "

" My dad is a great writer. Naturally talented, naturally charming. He embodies that back-in-the-day cool. "

" My life is mine to remember. "

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

" Patience is key for getting over a breakup. That, and trailing off your interaction after the breakup. "

" 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. "

" Surface R&B doesn't work any more. The whole heartthrob thing, songs about unrealistic love and tearing your shirt off every show - that's not really where it's at any more. It's becoming harder for those guys to sell records, and harder for them to succeed. "

" I push myself in a lot of aspects when I write a song. I write a piece and where most people would stop and say, 'Oh, that's the hook right there,' I'll move that to the first four bars of the verse and do a new hook. "

" 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. "

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

" I try to really capitalize off of what other rappers really can't do. There are opportunities that rappers I love simply can't get, because... you know... I don't have the tattoos; I have a different image. "

" Me and my dad are friends. We're cool. I'll never be disappointed again, because I don't expect anything anymore from him. I just let him exist, and that's how we get along. "