Young Jeezy

You gotta have life your way. If you ain't losing your mind, you ain't partying right.

I could sit right here and have a 15-minute conversation with somebody and change their whole life.

With rap, it's a funny thing. You can say things, and people can take 'em the way they wanna take 'em.

To be honest, I think about the clubs when I write. But I should probably start thinking about stadiums, because the songs sound even better there - and bigger.

My fans are my family, because they understand me and I understand them.

A lot of things come with fame, whether it's losing friends or losing family.

I don't really feel McCain. It ain't just because Barack is black; he can make change. Just like Bush equals recession, Barack equals progression.

When you're trying to bring the streets into rap to prove a point, then you already lost. You separate the two, and that ain't to be played with. You've got people that lost their lives and people that are doing real time. If we gon' make music, let's just make music.

People who work every day are kind of scared of things they don't understand.

I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don't plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It's always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.