I was on mad platinum albums... I produced and wrote on them.

I never thought of having platinum albums and winning awards. I just wanted to write songs and sing when I started out in the music business.

With albums like 'Rodeo,' 'Days Before Rodeo' and 'Owl Pharaoh,' I was really tuned into wanting to get people to understand my conscious and who I was mentally and who I am mentally.

You've gotta really touch people to move them to buy your records.

I'm mad with numbers...there are too many of them.

I skipped 'College Dropout' and 'Late Registration' and went straight to '808s & Heartbreak.'