When you're around somebody like E-40, all you can do is watch and learn, and soak up game.

I always thought that one day I would be somebody. I would be successful in music, and I would have fans that cared about my music. At the same time, I really feel like an ordinary guy; I have been an ordinary guy forever.

You have an entire generation of kids who grew up with the idea that music is something that you can download for free.

I grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, California.

I know what it feels like to walk out in front of a sold-out crowd of a thousand people that are there for you, and how good that feels, but as an opener, you just have to train yourself to think that it's going to be harder.

Music isn't selling like it used to, but the one thing you can't steal or download is a live show experience or a T-shirt.