- All Quotes
-
Life is hard. It is. And it's like, I don't want anybody feeling any pain.
-
I'm not one to be like, 'What is everybody doing? Let me do that!' I just do what I want.
-
The most important thing to me is that it's all really raw.
-
I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.
-
What you start learning is that to get over a breakup, you kind of have to live through the emotions and not run away from it because then it lasts longer.
-
My favorite artists are Kanye West, Jay Z, the Fugees, Lauryn Hill, Destiny's Child.
-
It's weird to me when an artist comes in, and the label says, 'We want him to sound like Chris Brown,' but he says he wants to sound like Sean Paul. There's a huge disconnect – it's like we're making a product.
-
I have a lot of respect for Eminem and Rihanna. They are both very real in their music.
-
I don't judge people on their personal lives.
-
When I first was a part of 'The Monster,' I really wanted to put it out under my name, but no record label thought it was good enough - until Eminem liked it.
-
It's tough hearing your voice on the radio, on a chorus, and knowing that people think it's another artist.
-
'Straight Outta Compton' was such a great movie, and obviously, I'm in the music business, so getting to see that piece of history was amazing, and it was an incredible movie.
-
I got so excited about it. I was like, 'Yes! I won a Grammy!' And then my manager was like, 'No, you did not win a Grammy. You were part of a song that won a Grammy. Rihanna won a Grammy.'
-
I want to release six songs, let people listen to those, let them chill for a second, do a tour, release another six songs, chill for a second and then take my favorite four, put them on the album, and add some more.
-
I think that the music industry is such an interesting place, and there are so many situations that people don't know about.
-
We don't walk around wearing candy stuff all day or colorful stuff. It's like, I walk around wearing black.
-
I want to be Kanye and do what he does musically. I'm very fearless.