My Vocation is my Vacation. I love what I do.
I want to be there for my children. You want to make sure you're alive more than anything.
So my father was a person who never lied to me. If I had a question, he answered it. I knew a lot of things at a young age because I was intrigued.
It's fun having songs about parties and gigolos, but I really wanted to use my music as a form of art. Art is supposed to spark conversation and make people think, and I wanted to do that with this song.
The beautiful thing about acting is that you can just dive into the character, strip yourself of everything, and just get in there and perfect your craft.
There's so many people that follow the trend, and then it gets to a point where it gets a little stale. So, in music; I mean, whoever's the new trendsetter, that's who people follow.
The thing I adore about Mariah the most is she's probably the most nurturing person I've ever met, like one of those spirits that walks into the room and wants to make sure that everybody's okay and taken care of. For someone to be at her status but be so concerned about others is really cool.
I think I'm actually built for fatherhood. I love to have a good time and play, but at the same time I've got a really serious side to me, and I think that's the balance you have to have. Get on your kids' level, but at any point in time, let them know who the parent is.
I always try to be optimistic, but not to the point where I'm getting on people's nerves.
I always say that candy is the perfect studio food - it keeps your energy going.
I'm not geeky but I have my geeky, corky moments, and then I've got some aspects of cool in me, I guess.
I was 16 years old, driving to LA, and sleeping in my car, just trying to make it happen.
The people who truly love me and loved me before all of this stuff. You can't ever leave them behind.
I was rapping at eight.
The only person I've worked with on my album was Kanye. And between the stuff that I've done and the stuff that he's assisted on and produced for me for this album, I don't even need anything else.
To be compared to Will Smith is probably one of the coolest things because that's who I came up admiring.
I'm so into playing different characters, even when I was on Nickelodeon. I just observe.
In the hip-hop community, it's about how real are you, or how strong can you be, and really my music just reflects me. If you can accept me, then you can accept my music.
If you want to be in the automotive business, you go to Detroit, and you figure it out. If you want to be in entertainment, go to where it's at. Go to Hollywood, go to New York.
I just work - however people feel about it, I mean, at the end of the day, if I'm waiting for accolades, I could be waiting all my life, but I don't need that stuff to validate me. I just do what makes me happy.
