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I buy whatever I see, but I tend to not spend money just to spend it.

I don't write a great song every day. I don't write a great song every couple weeks. It comes in such random times.

Calling each other faggots behind the keys of a message board ...

'The more expensive the better' is kind of the American way, and if you spent $600 for a sweatshirt, then that makes it better.

Us as rappers underestimate the power and effects that we have on these kids

A life lived for art, is never a life wasted.

Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.

The moment is now and we cant get it back from the grave.

'Vote Love' means vote equality. It means vote change. It means vote what's right for humanity.

It's just way more fun making art, growing, grinding for a fan base, and traveling the world with a friend.

America the brave
Still fears what we don't know

Sampling is kind of prehistoric, given the technology and the textures you can create.

We become so numb to what we're saying.

If I can be an example of getting sober, then I can be an example for starting over

I got sober, and I got happy again.

I just want to give the people 100% of myself as an artist.

Gay rights are human rights, there is no separation.

When I write, I don't have any expectation of what kind of song it will become or who it might reach.

One man's trash that's another man's come up.

The fame and the money and all that stuff that comes along with it is all great, but that's not the sole purpose of why I make music.

Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people.

And know that every struggle in life is there to teach you a lesson
It's times like this that make you

Do you want to live life, or do you want to escape life?

Human rights for everybody, there is no difference.
Live on! And be yourself!

I learned from my teachers but became through my music

I think what's wrong with the fashion world, particularly men's fashion, is the lack of creativity behind it.

I write to the beat and let life play the guitar strings

The skyline is etched in my veins. You can never put that out, no matter how hard it rains.

I'm as honest as I can be.

I'm a very conceptual writer.

I think music should be experienced by people all ages.

The greatest trick that the devil ever pulled
Was convincing women that they looked
Better in their makeup

what up? I got a big cock

We are what we wear, we wear what we are

I don't control life, but I can control how i react to it

You can only watch injustice go on for so long until you're compelled to say something. To speak out against it.

We have to tell people who need help that it's OK to ask for it.

The amazing thing about being a dad is to be able to look at your child and realize that the universe is so much bigger than you.

I think that civil rights issues take a lot of time to develop.

My partner has to have good sized bones.

The greats weren't great because at birth they could paint
The greats were great because they paint a lot

Live tonight, cuz you can't take it with ya.

If I'm using drugs and alcohol, it means that I've given up on my fullest potential.

I find that when I put my spiritual life first, the rest of my life is easy. When I put my career first, that's when I have problems.

God loves all his children, somehow we've forgotten, but we paraphrase a book written thirty-five hundred years ago.

The reason why I meditate and pray in general is just to remind myself that it is not about me.

Whatever God you believe in, we come from the same one

You have major labels that are willing to take unconventional approaches because the old model is crumbling in front of us.

You forgot who you are right as the world learned your name.

Bullying is a national epidemic.

And weed's not a drug - that's denial

Strip away the fear, underneath it's all the same love

We live on the cusp of death
Thinking it won't be us

Just because you miss someone doesn't mean you need them back in your life. Missing is just a part of moving on.

When you mess up publicly, it can be difficult to get vulnerable again or to put yourself out there.

Consciousness rap - a term that I don't think exactly exists but gets thrown around a lot - is not exactly popular.

I played baseball up until my freshman year of high school. That was my main sport. I played third base.

I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it's going to sell.

I definitely use 'smiling while rapping' as a tool in the booth. I want to have fun while recording.

My relationship with God is as strong as the time and energy I put into connecting with God.

I'm not more or less conscious than any other rapper out there.

Music is therapy. Music moves people. It connects people in ways that no other medium can. It pulls heart strings. It acts as medicine.

I don't feel like I'm grown up. I feel like I'm a kid.