Drake

When I'm writing, I'm thinking about how the songs are going to play live. Fifty bars of rap don't translate onstage. No matter how potent the music, you lose the crowd. They want a hook; they want to sing your stuff back to you. ”

You know, there are artists who are 35 and up that still make rap and that still works for them. I don't know if I want to be that guy. ”

Trying to meet new women, it's always a little more difficult as opposed to calling somebody I knew that's single and trying to rebuild that connection. ”

I just have a thing in my brain that when I'm about to do something that's genuine or authentic, I think of it in song form. I'll be like, 'Yo, this is a human emotion that no one talks about.' ”

Reviews condition people. At the end of the day, a lot of human minds are malleable. They can be easily shaped with strong words. ”