"You're supposed to be who you are. You're supposed to make music that is true to you."
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"I never see the whips niggas be claimin' they drivin, I guess 'entertainment' means blatantly lyin'."
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"To me, hip-hop's been dead for years. We all should know that. With that being said, then, the object of the game now is to make money off of exploiting it. That's what it's all about - get this money. That's basically what I'm saying."
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"Love the skinny model chicks but I prefer the thickness."
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"I just appreciate what Andre 3000 has done musically - just the bravery. I think Andre 3000 may be one of the bravest artists in rap music."
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"I guess entertainment means blatantly lyin'"
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"People have stopped battling in hip hop, in the primitive sense, and the focus of the competitive element has shifted to the music. It's less about bragging and more about being the best lyrically and poetically."
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"I lay puzzle as I backtrack to earlier times, Nothing's equivalent to the New York state of mind"
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"The Internet made the world smaller, so it's easier for people to hear your music. You don't necessarily need a radio record."
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"Dogs live longer than rappers."
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"If the virgin Mary had an abortion, I'd still be carried in a chariot of stampeding horses."
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"I'm a storyteller and the Bible is a bunch of stories about life and things that took place here on planet earth. It's a great example to use and a great reason to be happy about being a storyteller because the lessons of the land are always in stories."
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"I think you gotta always do things that keep you excited in an [rap music] industry that's so bullshit. When you know that you have so much energy and so much to give, it would be a shame if the facilitators of that aren't enthusiastic about you doing it, because you've been doing it for so long. So you just gotta figure out ways in this insane business to keep it fresh."
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"America is a melting pot for all different groups of people, historically. And it's rare that the story of all of these people will be told in the history books. So I always felt I had to find out my history for myself and research my roots."
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"I've met a lot of people and happened to inspire a lot of people who I'm in conversation with about business. It's just how things are going for me and it's great, but music is always going to be number one for me."
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"I didn't really do many business ventures throughout my career because I would have an idea and then before I'd have a chance to make something of it, I'd see someone else do it. I just liked to watch my fellow artists become entrepreneurs and be people who can inspire the next generation. I did that more with my songs."
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"I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do."
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"It's not just hip-hop that's dead. Mostly every form of American music is dead. It's been dead. R&B isn't really good."
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"I want to hear the artist. I want to hear them give me something that I can relate to, other than the fact that everything's about bragging."
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"Realize, how many classics I gave you/Perhaps if you think back you'll realize that I made you"
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