“The flattery is nice, but awards don't add up to writing quality songs...” — Chantal Kreviazuk Quote

The flattery is nice, but awards don't add up to writing quality songs.

The thing I love about hip-hop is that it's so creative. It's so creatively rewarding. When you hit it, and you hit it big, there are no words.

I've built a solid career there, but America's ten times the size. Now that we're onto the third record, I feel like the stars have aligned and American audiences are embracing my music even more.

To be honest, I'm not as goal oriented and ambitious as I once was.

I don't like to listen to my older albums. They frighten me. I can't explain it. It's so subjective. It's so personal. I cannot listen to my first album, ever. Never, never, never.

As I can testify, living in a foreign country takes you way out of your comfort zone. It's the little things, like ordering food in a different language, buying petrol or learning to drive on the other side of the road, but they all add up to making you a more rounded, educated person.

Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery.

Mentally speaking, Latino men believe they could always work their way out of anything. Oh, if I want to buy this, I'll just add extra hours or I'll just cut here. I'll just work here.

Amazingly when you add life and consciousness to the equation you can actually explain some of the biggest puzzles of science.