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" There was a while when I was feeling like, 'Damn, if I'd just been born black, I would not have to go through all this'. "

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" I don't know if I ever feel totally great about a record when I put it out. With every record that I put out, someone has literally got to come pry it from me because when I listen to my own music, I just hear flaws in it. "

" You know, fame is a funny thing, man, especially, you know, actors, musicians, rappers, rock singers, it's kind of a lifestyle and it's easy to get caught up in it - you go to bars, you go to clubs, everyone's doing a certain thing... It's tough. "

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" I do say things that I think will shock people. But I don't do things to shock people. I'm not trying to be the next Tupac, but I don't know how long I'm going to be on this planet. So while I'm here, I might as well make the most of it. "

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" When Bugs Bunny walks into rehab, people are going to turn and look. People at rehab were stealing my hats and pens and notebooks and asking for autographs. I couldn't concentrate on my problem. "

" Yeah, I did see where the people dissing me were coming from. But, it's like, anything that happened in the past between black and white, I can't really speak on it, because I wasn't there. I don't feel like me being born the color I am makes me any less of a person. "

" If there's not drama and negativity in my life, all my songs will be really wack and boring or something. "

" I have a slight bit of OCD, I think. I'm not walking around flipping light switches. But when I say I'm going to do something, I have to do it. "

" The writing process, the way I go about it is I do whatever the beat feels like, whatever the beat is telling me to do. Usually when the beat comes on, I think of a hook or the subject I want to rap about almost instantly. Within four, eight bars of it playing I'm just like, 'Oh, OK. This is what I wanna do'. "

" Guns are bad, I tell you. "

" Hip hop has always been braggin' and boasting and 'I'm better at you than this' and 'I'm better at you than that.' "

" Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They're only powerful when you got your back turned. "

" It feels good to have your work respected again. "

" Throughout my career, I fed off the fuel of people not being able to understand me. "

" I come from Detroit where it's rough and I'm not a smooth talker. "

" Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found. "

" I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn't, then why would you say I am. "

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" Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism. "

" My overall look on things is a lot more mature than it used to be. "

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" I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever. I'm not really book-smart. "

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" I've accomplished enough with the music that I haven't had to go out there and do other things to over-saturate. "

" My only scheme was to be a rapper. "

" Fame hit me like a ton of bricks. "

" Anything I've ever said, I certainly was feeling at the time. "