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" When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I've seen out there, you know, the things that's out there that ain't good for her. It's a crazy world we live in. "

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" Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn't feel right to me - ever. "

" Some people say I'm conscious, some say I'm a gangsta rapper - it's just me doing me. I'm stomping in my own lane. I'm doing what I do. "

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" Marley is someone before his time, man. He's - he's almost - he's like a deity, like almost, you know what I mean? I just talk about what's going on, but of course, you know, Bob, before rappers, was already laying that kind of thing down. "

" I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it. "

" I think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They're here to criticize all of us. That's just how it is. We as MC's criticize each other. That's the nature of hip-hop. "

" I'm not talking about Russia in my music. I've never been to Russia. I'm not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China. I'm talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life. "

" I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me. I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me. "

" Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them. "

" I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means - I love art. "

" Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it's time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up. "

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" You can't please everybody. You'd be crazy if you're trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself. "

" All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn't have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help. "

" No matter who you are, black, white, green, there's going to be things in your way, you know what I mean? "

" I don't go out unless I'm working. My quality time is when I'm doing nothing. "

" I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop... We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We're warriors. Soldiers. "

" I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future. I'm a big fan of Common. I'm a big fan of Scarface; I'm a big fan of so many people, from Jeezy to... well, there are a lot of people's music that I respect. I don't know who I will collaborate with, but there's a great chance of something happening. "

" Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career. "

" When I say 'hip-hop is dead,' basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead. "

" Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle. "

" We're all Africans, everyone - black, white, yellow. "

" Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence. Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate... I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it. "

" I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better. "

" My record company had to beg me to stop filmin' music videos in the projects. No matter what the song was about, I had 'em out there. "

" Hip-hop is really standoffish. It's really competitive and it's really about who's number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand. "

" With age comes common sense and wisdom. "

" I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I'd say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery. "

" Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist. "

" I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do. "

" I can't control what people think. They know who I am. "