The hiatus you spoke about happened in 1998. I was somewhat numb from being out on the road every night. I had to stop because I was emotionally and physically drained.

But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.

I was half asleep lying there writing this lyric in my head at about 3:30 in the morning. I woke Steve up with this idea and then we went into the living room where there was a little upright piano...

'Better Than Home,' the song, is about getting out of your hiding place and having the courage to live as loud as possible. It is about feeling the life that has been given and has been waiting for...

I'm the guy who wrote The Authority Song. Did they think I was kidding? Did they think it was only a song to entertain?

Danger is ever-present in life, more for some than others.

Music is a frequency, and my frequency, when I put it out there, is on the love vibes. It's not always sappy. Like, 'Bulletproof' is a love song. It's a black love song. I made it for my people. I...

I didn't come here and I ain't leavin'.

I actually never wanted to do a remake, but I got the opportunity to make the music for 'The Humma Song' for 'Ok Jaanu,' and that is how I actually got into remaking a song.

At first, I ain't gon' lie, I used to be a little nervous about what people were gon' think about my music, but once I let that go, then everything started happening.

I just save my money, man. I don't even try to enjoy it like these other rappers; they having fun and they lit, but they gon' be broke later on. I be savin', I be chillin'. It feels good to know I got...

Back in the day, you could have a crap gig, and nobody would film you. Now, everybody's got an iPhone - you have a bad day, and it's going on the Internet.

When people ask me a personal question, I answer it in a personal way. I can only speak from the footsteps and the shoes that I've walked in.

You can't make assumptions when you're dealing with health issues.

Technology is like the 666 because it controls us.

My writing ability all stems from the blues.

What we're showing may not be your reality, but it's ours.

I'm the Wi-Fi, so I get everybody connected. I'm trying to let the whole world know that I can keep it connected if you get with me, you know what I'm saying?

Why do you judge me as a musician, John? All I'm interested in is making money.

In our orchestra we have many nationalities, types, and temperaments.

I think theatricality is just one way of performing. I don't think it's a better way or the way, but it's my way.

My songs are my girlfriends. I have a secret romance with all of them. I romance with them year after year.

Ever since I was younger, I was fascinated by cars and driving. The first time I actually drove a car, I was twelve years old.

I stopped writing fiction the moment I started writing songs, and I miss it.

I don't like rooms you never use or that are wasted space but I also like a sparseness and a cleanness.

I do body conditioning, spinning and yoga. On the treadmill, I'll do intervals of running flat and then on incline. I'll do that for an hour.

Life is hard. It is. And it's like, I don't want anybody feeling any pain.

I think confidence is a true form of beauty.

Bands develop their own weird ways of doing things.

I won't sing if I don't feel it, so there's always so much sadness and so much sentiment behind it all.