I got the U2 iPod.

I love a challenge.

Fame doesn't come overnight.

Jail sucks all the way around.

How can you not like the Lakers?

I'm old fashioned. I like the CD.

Every day I get up is a high point.

I like big engines and cars with power.

I am the first millionaire in my family.

Whatever was banging, I would listen to it.

I ain't Mary, so ain't a damn thing Poppin'.

I have always been aware of my surroundings.

The car culture is part of living in Detroit.

Black people don't really see ghosts or aliens.

We had to pull some strings to get off of Sony.

Busta Rhymes is my brother from another mother.

Censorship is a touchy subject, all the way around.

I took a strong stand to get away from Sony Records.

I know what it feels like to be treated incorrectly.

Well, my father was a marine so you know how that is.

When I did 'Restless,' I felt that was a stepping stone.

I've made some leaps and bounds as an underground artist.

We been bubblin' in the Los Angeles underground for years.

As a creative, you want to see things elevate, not digress.

I miss the willingness to go your own path and be original.

Don't ally yourself with people who don't help you succeed.

Restless' was cool. I wish I had more time to put it together.

The same kids listening to Papa Roach will listen to an Xzibit CD.

If you go into the wild, you don't try to tickle the grizzly bears.

I've been in an artist position. I've been in a management position.

We all get our breaks and our taste of entertainment in different ways.

I sold 2 million records on Loud, which was one-tenth of the size of Sony.

It's impossible to have a personal life when you're constantly travelling.

The experiences that I've had in the music industry have given me a learning curve.

I can drink a whole Hennessy fifth. Some call that a problem, but I call it a gift.

I just do my thing regardless of whoever I'm with: Eminem, Dr. Dre, Snoop, whoever.

Just cause niggas get behind you don't mean they got your back Beware of the serpent.

I wish other people could be happy in what they do. The world would be a better place.

Time flies, dreams die, people lose faith, Tryna hide behind a lie with a straight face.

Once you realize security can't even secure themselves, how the hell they gonna secure you?

I love the music, I love who I am. So that is the driving force to make everything else work.

When I'm headlining something like the Up in Smoke Tour, that's when I'm headlining something.

The landscape of the music business has changed and I definitely have to take advantage of that.

Iraq is just like New York. It's just like Detroit. It's where people live and raise their families.

Once you mature you start wanting different things out of life and wanting different things for yourself.

Picture yourself crushin' Xzibit with your tough talk? That's like Christopher Reeve doing the crip walk.

I feel like the first album contained a lot of personal songs, like 'The Foundation' or 'Carry the Weight.'

Xavier Kingston was my second born son and he passed away prematurely. He lived for 13 days then he passed.

I'm one of those cats who could listen to Public Enemy and then pop that out and throw an NWA tape in there.

To put it in a nutshell, I'm known for basically killin' the rhymes, you know what I'm sayin,' goin' for it.

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