T.I.

“Nobody is gonna love you like you. You're gonna be your best salesman.”

“I'm happy to be on a winning team. My individual success, that lasts for a short period of time. The success of being a part of the South, of Atlanta, which is now the hot bed of music, that's what's gonna last the longest. The fact that I contributed to planting our flag and moving music to my city, that's what I'm most proud of.”

“I, myself, I am not interested in reality television; just me, myself, speaking.”

“I wouldn't mind going somewhere and taking a president position and signing acts and taking the attention off of me and taking what I've learned in my career and applying that to another person's.”

“I'm an honest, open father.”

“Man, I'm a conspiracy theorist by nature. You can't experience the federal penal system and not be somewhat skeptical.”

“To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been. I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted.”

“I love BET and I love the fans.”

“Acting in film, you know, I hear all the time, people say 'You did so much better than I thought you would.' So there's an added element of surprise in film, different than in music.”

“I've learned that one thing about my life that is certain is trouble.”

“It is a lot of responsibility. But I enjoy being a father. That's one of the best parts of my life. I feel like, man, that's one of the greatest things I've got going on, being a father.”

“You know, when I put out records that may not work or connect with the audience, it's because I'm pushing myself as an artist creatively, because I'm just bored doing what everyone wants me to do.”

“My father passed away in 2002, but yes, we were pretty close. I loved him a lot.”

“I don't really like the sound of Auto-Tune. I don't like when it's extremely audible, when you're able to detect it easily. I don't like that.”

“I'm an 'in the shower' or 'in the booth' kind of singer. I can sing, but I need either nobody to be able to hear me, or for me to be able to redo it.”

“I can't really see myself as an artist. Now, to step out here and there, do it when I feel like it, that's a possibility. But for me to be a full-fledged, full-time artist in the industry, I don't think so.”

“It goes without saying that it's hard to attain a certain level of success.”

“I think my first hit was probably '24 is a Rubberband Man,' which was my second album. My first project, it was very well received in the Southeast region, all throughout the South and parts of the Midwest. It was very well received, but I didn't get national exposure on my second album.”

“My childhood name that my father gave me, my mother, my grandmother, grandfather, family and friends all call me T.I.P.”

“At the end of the day, I got to live my life for my family, for my children, and I'm going to do what's best for them.”