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"I'm in awe of people like Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard; they're great musicians and people. But I'm most starstruck by people in the small town where I live. Especially single dads, like me, who are working five times as hard to raise their kids."
"There's so many examples of just how lucky we are to be born anywhere in this world that is free."
"I hold the Key to my Own Success! (You do too!)"
"Surround yourself with good people. Whether they're the best or not, people are capable of learning if they've got good hearts and they're good souls."
"Live for the moments you can't put into words"
"I've been meeting with Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino for years, trying to figure out how to fix the concert industry. We're all so overpaid. It's ridiculous. People stopped going to concerts because they can't afford them. The Rolling Stones are charging $650 per ticket! That just makes me speechless. I love the Stones, but I won't be attending."
"I know a lot of people who are struggling musicians; it's a hard life, and I've risked being that. The rewards are tremendous now that I've made it, I thank God every day. But I put it all on the line for it."
"I have been to anger management twice. After the first session the lady was like, 'Baby, you don't seem that angry at all. You seem like a really nice guy.'"
"I signal with an independent label, Continuum. After that I put out a totally independent record, sold fourteen thousand of them from my basement, bought a house, started raising my kid, made a decent living."
"Many of my lyrics are about having sex with prostitutes."
"That's why I called my record Devil Without a Cause - I'm a white boy who's so sick of hearing that white kids are going to steal rap."
"But I'm a great father. That's why I got custody."
"I'm actually a pretty decent human being, and when I'm home I'm straight as an arrow."
"Rap's the occupation, but one day watch I'll be Pimp of the Nation."
"I fell in love. It was a great thing to be in love. I was a complete idiot in love."
"I have nightmares that I'm going to wake up, and everyone's driving a Prius and living in a condo, and we're all getting health insurance."
"I see the people in Detroit are very - they're like a lot of cities, but they're very proud to be from there and they really want to see change and they really want to see good things happen."
"I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop."
"I collect cars and bikes. One of my most special rides is a black 1930s Cadillac V16, and then I've got a few West Coast choppers."
"Detroit: Cars and rock 'n' roll. Not a bad combo."