Fabolous

“I used to to hustle growing up.”

“Ne-Yo is just like a writing genius.”

“I feel like I can really adapt to any type of fashion sense that I want to.”

“Its shocking to come from doing freestyles to having the No. 4 album in the country. It pushes me to do better and better so I can get to No. 1.”

“Stay in school... Even being a rapper you need an education.”

“D.C. shows me a lot of love.”

“Before I was a musician, I drew. The housing projects in Brooklyn weren't much of a canvas, people didn't know that I had it in me - but I actually went to an art and design high school.”

“Part of leaving your legacy is not worrying what everyone is saying about it.”

“I definitely would like to embark on acting, give it a shot, you know maybe that's my calling, maybe it's not.”

“I'm more into myself with my family, and my personal life is usually handled inside, it's not usually public, with opinions, comments, family members involved - them reacting to everything.”

“I think the worst thing you could do is not shoot the shot. When you shoot you got two options: It can go in or you can miss, and even in the miss you might learn.”

“Twitter, I always say is the drunk uncle of my personality, because I say some stuff sometimes that, you know that drunk uncle at the Thanksgiving table, he starts rambling on about, that he shouldn't have said so sometimes I do that.”

“I don't like the idea of pre-meditated music. Things like free-styling, the element of surprise - I think people need to scale back and re-focus on making moments again.”

“Your van can get stolen anywhere I guess.”

“I really didn't know DMX was married or Ja Rule was married.”

“I love collaborations because I love the mixture of the minds.”

“The thing about marriage is that I believe in it, but don't believe in it. I think sometimes people put that ring and that paper and it messes up a good thing.”

“I really respect Hov's drive, as well as his whole career and what he's done for the culture.”

“Even sometimes, when you're at home with the family, you need a break from them, really.”

“When I first came in, family life wasn't at the forefront of your career or who you were as an artist. You was even supposed to be projected as a single man for the public.”