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

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" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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 think any artist that's going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success. "

" I'm from the South, and there's a different understanding of how to chop. There's a syllable play. It's a delicate art. Your accent has a lot to do with it. If you're from a certain area, words don't roll of your tongue as slick. "

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

" 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. "

" American music culture is black culture. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm always gonna have the darker edgy music; it is always in my pocket because it comes so naturally to me. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 'Radioactive' is the fall out of my life's inspirations, a testament to my ability to survive it all and to tell the story. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Most of my albums have a concept. They all have some kind of theme, some kind of feeling. I really take pride in that. "

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

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

" I don't go to clubs and throw money and pop bottles. That's not my thing, no disrespect. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime. "