Future

“Every mistake you make allows you to be honest because what's in the dark will come to light, so it's better to be truthful about it.”

“My day one fans - my fans from my mix tape days - know my life now. They know where I've been. You don't want to have a disconnection with those fans. You have to give them all of you because they feel like they've known you.”

“I'm not for the publicity stunts. Leave my son out of the publicity stunts.”

“Jay Z wasn't great when 2pac and Biggie was alive.”

“I take a little bit from everybody and add that to my life to make me, me. I wanna be nobody else but Future. When you look at me, I want you to say, 'Future.' The way I talk, the way I dress, there's nobody in the world but me.”

“When you grow up in something, you don't even know if it's bad or good. You just know that's how it is.”

“The most fun moments are being on the stage and seeing how the crowd reacts to your music. The energy of the crowd that makes you just want to go in and keep doing it and be a part of this forever.”

“It takes compromise to raise a child, especially with a schedule like mine.”

“I wanna make my imprint in the game as far as music - hip-hop, and just music, period. 'Cause I come from hip-hop, that's my background, but I'm not gonna let that limit me from where I can go.”

“Big Rube was on my first album and some of my mixtapes. His words are so powerful. I want to speak every word he says into existence. I wanna be a part of that! I wanna be a part of greatness. His wordplay is great to me.”

“I'm always a fan of good business moves.”

“I've always been into fashion since I was a kid. I love fashion. I appreciate it.”

“G-Rock from the Westside, from Allen Temple. He gave my name, The Future; he was like, 'Man, you the future.' Just stuck with the name.”

“When you mix a record that someone else is on, you've got to send it to them. They've got to like the mix, you got to like the mix, the producer's got to like the mix. Too many people are involved!”

“I'm not just a hip-hop artist; I feel like I'm a rock star.”

“My three wishes are just be respected out the game. I want respect from everybody. And just make a successful clothing line and company. I'm not going to put a number on it. Just to have a great career.”

“I don't even talk about being locked up in any of my songs.”

“The most calmest place I can be is the studio. And like, I stay in there 'cause I know, when I come out, it's back to reality. Man, if you're angry all day, man, stay in the studio.”

“Where I know I wanna go is being consistent on business, and that's just making another artist, my clothing line - capitalizing off the moment. I wanna be consistently doing that - capitalizing off every move I make.”

“The melodies I come up with, they're not normal.”