Chris Lighty Was A Huge Portion Of

If You Are Ambitious, You Are Running In A Tunnel That Never Ends. You Will Always Find Something New To Go After. [...] I Got High For The First Time With Get Rich Or Die Tryin' And I Have Been Trying To Achieve That Feeling Again Since Then, All The Time.

People Often Say I Have So Much Energy, That I Never Stop; But That's What It Takes To Accomplish Your Goals.

What We'd Consider A Positive Role Model, I Think It's Impossible To Actually Be A Role Model. You'll Have Your Flaws Or Defects Of Character, Regardless. You Just Speak Like A Positive Role Model, And That's Just Something That You're Being Conscious Of, And You Make The Decision, "i Want To Say Positive Things."

When I'm Actually Creating Music, I Try Not To Listen To The Hip-hop Records That Are Going On, Because I Think, Subconsciously, We Steal From Each Other. If You're Listening To A Record And It's Really Hot, Then You'll Be Looking For Something That Feels Like That, Or That Has A Version Of It.

If You Start Hustling Then Don't Pay A Person What They Deserve, Pay Them What They Accept. That's Good Business. Even If You're Not Hustlin' Pay Them What They Accept Because You Can Capitalize Off Of People.