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" Where I'm from is like 'Hustle & Flow' versus '8 Mile.' It's that really grimy, box-Chevy, dope-boy, working-class music. "

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" The way I perceive an album to sound and the way I put out mixtapes are two different energies. There's a different focus; there's a different sound. "

" Hip-hop for me has always been hardcore and edgy. "

" You have to fall. You have to understand what that feels like. For what I want in my life, and for where I want to go with this music, you gotta be humiliated, man. You gotta understand what that feels like. It just makes you stronger. "

" I don't sit under the tattoo gun unless I'm sold on it completely and it will define me as a person. "

" Fans are all I care about - to be honest. If they stop coming to the shows, then I will get worried. "

" I love performing. I love getting out there. It's kind of like why I make music. "

" Just because a rapper is white, I don't feel the need to attack them. "

" I just picked up a lot of classic-rock, melodic influence from my mom, music that she listened to, like 10,000 Maniacs, Led Zeppelin, REO Speedwagon and Yes. "

" My fans are like no other. Completely original people. "

" Shady's great; I love Shady Records. "

" Sometimes I want to party, sometimes I want to fight and sometimes I want to cry. "

" This is hip-hop. If you've got something you want to rap about, just rap about it, man. "

" My grandmother, grandfather, my mom - we've always been driven by laughter. It's what held us together. Thanksgivings, any kind of family get-together, we usually end up in tears. "

" I'm not ashamed of anything that I've done because when I did it, I was passionate about it and I was doing it for a reason. "

" For real, some of my favorite music is Mexican. It's something about the bassline and the drumming. I can't even speak Spanish, but that's probably why I like it so much. "

" I do so much music that it's like a fog, and I can't even remember all of it. "

" Triple 6 Mafia and Mystikal in Atlanta was one of my first shows. I remember how sweaty and smashed up everybody was, and it was so punk rock. "

" Race is still real and you got to recognize it. "

" You learn how to be an individual quick after 15 schools, man. After the first five or six, you realize you're always gonna be the new kid. "

" I definitely prefer intimate crowds. I mean, those are always the best shows, like, a small venue. Packed to the gills. Hot, sweaty. Those are always the fun shows. "

" I equally love both, classic rock and hip-hop. I love all music, really, and I really use classic rock a lot. I'm heavily influenced by that melodically in my music. I can't really separate the two. "

" I'm never scared what people are gonna think about music that I make. "

" Hip-hop is the only music in the world where you can take any instrument and make it hip hop. It's anybody's music. It's what you make of it. That's for anything you do in life. "

" You can usually tell when people aren't being authentic, but that goes for every artist, not just white artists. "

" 'Yela' represents hunger, life, light, fire, power. 'Wolf' speaks to my fighting spirit. The soul I put in my music. "

" My homies in Gadsden aren't as exposed as I am culturally, which is awesome - that's why I love going home. I'm in the kitchen with people who don't know anything but the simple life, what's important to them, and what's dope. "

" People are not really that forgiving when they pay for tickets to come see you and you don't show up. "

" I'm never in the mood to eat or drink when I get to a show. I'm just too nerved out. "

" I can tell you that when you're willing to give your life up to see a dream through, the reward is great. "

" Yeah, I have animosity, a chip on my shoulder. But I love, too. "