Kids are the ultimate form of motivation. They're watching. They're mimicking. They're an extension of you. So you have to win.

If you're not sincere with it, you shouldn't say anything at all.

I don't even listen to the records after they come out. It's outlawed in my house. My wife and my kids can't play any of my music around me. Once it comes out, for me, it's just business. Numbers.

No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record.

You got to realise that when I was 20 years old, I had a house, a Mercedes, a Corvette and a million dollars in the bank before I could buy alcohol legally.

I've gotten my personal life all the way intact and made sure that it's straight. Without that, you have no foundation. Your building is going to crumble.