Astro

“You going to call me arrogant for believing in myself? Come on! It's a competitive sport. Rappin' is the closest thing to boxing. Jay-Z said that. You gotta fight every day.”

“When I say that I'm not dancing, people get it confused, like I'm not going to do anything outside of rap. It's not that. When I leave this earth, I want to be remembered as an M.C. But I'm definitely going to touch a lot of other genres, not just rapping.”

“I plan to release just as much music as I can. Movies, I should be working on a cartoon, reality show, everything. Everything I could do, like a clothing line, like a lot of things are in the works. I plan on just performing everywhere. I'm gonna be worldwide!”

“I don't have a desire for material things. As long as I'm happy, I'm good, man.”

“Everybody watches Bruce Lee. That's a legend. He's the man!”

“I breathe music... The acting is a job, but music is life. You need a job to live.”

“I started in '07, and I remember, at that point, nobody was trying to hear from me because I was a young rapper. I'd be saying stuff better than some of what the hottest rappers were saying back then, but nobody was trying to hear from me.”

“My mom convinced me to audition for 'The X Factor.' And I just said, 'O.K., let me see what it's about. $5 million? Might as well try.' I tried out, and it worked out. I got through top seven out of 200,000, so I'm proud.”

“The cats that are doing they thing, you have to search to really find them, to find rappers that can actually rap and speak messages in the music. That's not a good thing at all.”

“I don't want music to be a job for me; I want it to be something I'm doing for fun. As long it's not a job, then you're straight.”

“When you think positively, you attract positive people. If I'm on a mission to be successful, and I'm positive all the time, then more positive people will come around me, and we'll help each other. If you're negative, you'll find yourself surrounded by negative people.”

“I work better under pressure.”

“I'm just excited to see myself on billboards. I'm getting ready to be a star.”

“I like to keep certain stuff to myself just because I feel like technology is taking over people's lives.”