I Just Appreciate What Andre 3000 Has

My First Record - It Was 1991. I Was 16 Years Old. My First Album Came Out When I Was 20. So, I've Been Here That Long And I Still Have The Passion To Do It.

Hip-hop Ain't Died Because Of The South, That's Retarded. When I Named The Album Originally, I Thought I Bit Off More Than I Could Chew But You'd Be An Idiot To Think I'm Talking About How The South Killed Hip-hop Or How New York Isn't Where It Should Be Or Where It Once Was. It Was Like, "damn, I Need To Explain This?" But I Thought, "nah, The Proof Is Right There. We Should Know What It Is." I Expect The Hip-hop Audience To Be Avant Garde. I Want Them To Be Where I'm At Or Beyond Where I'm At.

Failure Is Not An Option, And I Always Felt Like I'm A Man Who Doesn't Have Regrets, And I Don't Live With Excuses. I Can't Take Excuses.

I Have No Tattoos That I Regret - I Have Had Some That I Have Had Changed According To How My Life Was.

When I Made Illmatic, I Was Trying To Make The Perfect Album. It Comes From The Days Of Wild Style. I Was Trying To Make You Experience My Life. I Wanted You To Look At Hip-hop Differently. I Wanted You To Feel That Hip-hop Was Changing And Becoming Something More Real.