I didn't want to become a reserve player, or a bench player, and it was time to move on and take on another challenge.
I've never really been one to stop and smell the roses.
When you finally find the courage to admit you have a problem, that's when you have some power over it. That's the first step. Otherwise you're just withering away, you're like a burning piece of paper getting smaller and smaller.
I think everyone has spiritual encounters and feelings but I don't think everyone chooses to acknowledge them.
Hip-hop culture itself has completely consumed everything involved in entertainment. When you think about basketball like the way those guys dress; I don't know if you notice but people care about how you dress these days.
The Lord givith and the Lord takith away. I was given a lot of signs from the universe and looking at it in retrospect made me feel like God was telling me I needed to follow my dream. My granny getting in that car accident and being at that hospital when I was going there to see my girl. . . that whole part of the story where I go to the show and come back to the hospital. . . and it was almost like as soon as I found out that my granny didn't make it as soon as I got back, I also found out that my son had just come out.
I didn't set out like, "I'm gonna do this album, and I really want a #1 album. " So it wasn't even on my mind like a goal to accomplish. . . but as soon as it sunk it that it was an accomplishment, I realized I gotta start acknowledging milestones [I've] accomplished because sometimes you get so caught up in the bigger picture that you gotta stop and notice the steps you take to get to the bigger picture.
I think it's sad, and weird, and strange that [race in casting] is still a thing. It's 2013. Somebody else needs to get their act together.
I said, I'm going to stand up and somebody is going to pay attention to me.
It's important to focus on what we do best and master one craft at a time.
I love inside jokes. I hope to be a part of one some day.