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" Whatever I do, I do it because I want to do it and because it's completely, 100% me. "

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" I always envisioned myself being a rapper and being in the game and having success, but you never know what it feels like or how you're going to be when you're there. "

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" I never write from concept. The beat is the beginning, and then I fill in the rest of the song into what it should be. "

" I critique myself way harder than anybody else could critique me. "

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" I'm always hustling. "

" I don't take time off. "

" I've done a lot of work to get where I'm at, but I have to keep working. "

" Even with whatever people want to label me with, there are so many other sides to me. "

" I have an idea of who I want to be, I have a vision of my own success. "

" I like a lot of old-school R&B, soul, and classic rock. "

" I don't consider myself an A-list celebrity or a big dog, but every time I meet somebody, even rappers who've been in the game for years... they're like, 'Man, I'm trying to get on your level.' "

" Since I was younger I've been making the best out of nothing. "

" I think wherever you go, when people hear good music, they will react to it. "

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" The name 'Wiz' comes from me being the youngest dude in my age group of people that I hung out with. I was pretty good at anything I tried to do, so they would call me a young wiz. "

" You don't have to be a certain thing to be cool. If you're white, you don't have to act black or whatever. Just be you and know who you are. "

" When you're from the East Coast or you're from the South, people expect you to sound a certain way. So if you don't sound that way, people won't label you as that type of artist. For me, I had a whole new lane to create for myself being from Pittsburgh and being a Midwest artist. "

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" I've been pretty focused my entire life, and now that I have a family, I'm just going to keep that focus, but it's going to be a family focus. "

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" I don't have problems with people, because if I do, I address it. "