Guns are bad, I tell you.

The emotions in a song - the anger, aggression - have got to be legitimate.

I stopped watching TV because of 'The Wire.' Like, 'The Wire' ruined everything for me because I don't even want to watch anything else now.

Rap was my drug.

I didn't just invent saying offensive things.

Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion.

I want to solidify as an artist and show that as I grow as a person and make mistakes and learn from them, I'm going to grow artistically.

I don't even know how to speak up for myself, because I don't really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice.

The kids are old enough now - I just want to let them be kids. I don't want to comment on them too much. They're at an age where I just want to let them be kids.

I need drama in my life to keep making music.

I felt like I had a really bad case of writer's block... Music is so therapeutic for me that if I can't get it out, I start feeling bad about myself - a lot of self-loathing.

When 'Paul's Boutique' came out, I was one of the fans that didn't get it.

My family has never been there for me. They expect things because we're blood.

Why is it so hard for people to believe that white people are poor?! I wouldn't say I lived in a ghetto; I'd say I lived in the 'hood. The same friends I had back then are the same people on tour with me now.

I've accomplished enough with the music that I haven't had to go out there and do other things to over-saturate.

My family has never been there for me. They expect things because we're blood.

Music is so therapeutic for me that if I can't get it out, I start feeling bad about myself - a lot of self-loathing.

I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever.

Certainly I'm not going to sit on the Internet all day and read what Sam from Iowa is saying about me. But I'm a sponge. I've always been a sponge.

Now that I understand that I'm an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.