Big K.R.I.T.

“I don't think I'll ever become comfortable with just being here. I always want to take it further.”

“Get to the point where the songs sum it all up, and creatively, I'm just like, 'This is it.' I've also learned how to be patient and not really try to overproduce anymore. I used to add instruments, keep adding instruments, but nowadays - I know better now. I know how to let the track breathe.”

“Success happened for me when I dropped my first major label album for Def Jam, 'Live From The Underground.'”

“I worked on 'Cadillactica' with the mind to not sample as much and focus on creativity.”

“In my house, I don't just always listen to rap.”

“A record like 'Price of Fame' - when you do get this success, how do you treat it, or how do you let it treat you? How does it affect your family and friends and the people around you? ... And I don't mind telling people what I've been through when it comes to the pressure I put on myself of wanting to be the best and the greatest.”

“Everyone needs a lay-up at some point in life - just somebody to look out, something good to happen in your life to kind of push you forward.”

“Sample clearances and roll-out plans is what separates mix-tapes & albums.”

“It's a lot of people that died for me to have the opportunity that I have now, just the freedom. It shouldn't be forgotten as far as the past is concerned.”

“My grandmother introduced me to B.B. King. She wasn't someone who had a lot of posters, but there was a big poster of B.B. King on the wall as soon as you walked into her house in Meridian, Mississippi.”

“I'm in competition with myself, and I'm always going to challenge myself.”

“Twenty-fourteen is all about growth musically and new agendas.”

“Everyone should still want to put their music out because it's important that people still think that you are still willing to come to them. When you're dealing with the Internet, it's a 'come to me' situation. But when people see you out-and-about, promoting your merch and in the club, people enjoy that, too.”

“I never lost my faith.”

“It's so hard to make noise coming from a small town that by the time you start branding yourself, you've grown in a certain way.”

“My music's gonna evolve as I get older.”

“Where I'm from is humble, and people are mad appreciative of what they have.”

“I'm used to producing all of my projects, doing all the beats, and writing all the hooks.”

“I think doing a record with B.B. King allowed me the opportunity to blend two different generations across the board and make a song that I hope is extremely impactful.”

“I learned a lot while working on 'Live From the Underground.'”