Status based on wealth is an old-fashioned idea; I find it repugnant, actually.

The trimmings of wealth are not as important to me and my generation as they were to my parents' generation.

I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons.

I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in Brooklyn. It's what gave me my drive to succeed, the upward mobility I've been after my whole life.

The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.

If I was money-motivated, I wouldn't have joined a rock band with three other Armenian guys.

The only way that we can reduce our financial dependence on the inflow of funds from the rest of the world is to reduce our trade deficit.

It feels different.... When hip-hop was beginning for me, people weren't making the kind of money that they make now. It was for the love of doing it and having fun with it.