Chamillionaire

“I love that with a lot of my favorite records, I couldn't tell you the sales on them, like Scarface or some of the UGK albums.”

“The reason why we decided to put the focus on minority and women-funded startups is because this demographic of companies and founders is just underrepresented, they're under-invested in.”

“Artists can be themselves. They don't have to pretend to be somebody they're not.”

“Slick Rick has always been one of those guys real good at telling stories.”

“I don't want to be the guy that's sitting here, calling somebody and telling them their dream. I want to be in the seat of the founder.”

“Everyone could relate to that feeling of when, even if you've done nothing wrong and you see the police behind you, you get nervous.”

“I was thinking what happens if I break my leg today? What can I do to prevent me going back to the place of being poor? It led me to the world of venture capitalism. How are they making money? I decided I'm going to learn as much as I can.”

“I want people to understand how the tech world changes my world.”

“Technology is power.”

“I mean honestly, anybody can diss me. I remember 50 Cent said something and everybody was like you need to get at 50 and I was like, 'Whatever, I'm in a whole different place in my life.' It's gon' have to take something really, really serious for me to start putting that much negative energy into the world again.”

“We as rappers have a job and have to get fans music and let them know about stuff that's coming out. So if everyone migrates to Twitter, that's where we go.”

“I was never really like, 'Oh, I wanna be famous,' you know, 'I wanna be a big rapper.' I mean, I love rap, but it wasn't just fame.”

“I just think knowledge makes the world go 'round, man. So, if that makes me a geek, then cool.”

“I named my first album 'The Sound of Revenge' because I wanted to get revenge on everyone who doubted me. But when I finally got revenge, I didn't enjoy it.”

“Timbaland uses a lot of Indian music and that has certainly familiarised me about the music of India.”

“Ridin' was natural, not forced. I didn't try to make a Grammy record.”

“Don't listen to much country music, you know, but I know a little bit though. My sister listens to a little bit of country.”

“When fans know they are being rewarded, they are more engaged.”

“People always put you in a box as a rapper, especially when I get up on a panel and start speaking, and I start speaking when I got some sense. They're like, 'Oh, well, I didn't expect him to have sense.'”

“I know how to think outside of the box and be creative.”