Quotes from Fabolous

I mean there's no other feeling than when you hear a great hip-hop song. You feel good. If you lose that as an artist, you lose a part of your passion.

Look at Jay-Z and Beyonce. Everybody knew Jay and Beyonce were dating. They were sitting around at award shows together like they weren't together for a while before they came out and said whatever. But your life doesn't always have to be exposed. There are a lot of people whose personal lives aren't exposed.

Its shocking to come from doing freestyles to having the No. 4 album in the country. It pushes me to do better and better so I can get to No. 1.

I like fashion shows. I like the quick flash of culture and energy.

It's one thing to see the clothes on a rack, but it's interesting to see how they get brought to life.

I think Twitter is great for showing your personality and just your random thoughts and dropping a jewel on your listeners, fans and followers.

Whether I've been here three years or 10 years, my agenda is still in the same place as it was when I first came in: it's to continue to make good music, and raise the bar to grow and evolve as a person, as an artist, as everything; just to be a better me.

In music, if somebody makes a good song, you want to be in that category and make the good songs too. It may not even be a competition thing, it's just a thing to keep your skills up type of thing.

I just wanted to make good music that people related to me and said 'Yo that guy makes good music. When he gives us an effort, it's good music behind it. It's great lyrics, it's witty punchlines, it's great metaphors.'

You can spend your time Dreaming about Living or Living your Dream

Stay in school... Even being a rapper you need an education.

A lot of rappers nowadays will say they don't listen to anybody, but I like to hear what's going on. I don't think it affects my music. I still do what I do. I just listen as a fan because I love hip-hop.

I'm not just rapping because I like it anymore - this is like almost my career now, you know? Not almost, it is! This is what I feed myself and my family with, so I attack it that way.

I'm more into myself with my family, and my personal life is usually handled inside, it's not usually public, with opinions, comments, family members involved - them reacting to everything.

Beyonce is graceful, man. Even her way of checking you is graceful.

Part of the passion for me was hearing great music from the very start of it, now I'm one of the people who can give that passion back to somebody.

I look at where I've come from and realize that I'm lucky to make it out. I was a mischievous kid and I understand the whole reasoning of youth today because I didn't have much to do in the afternoon after school.

I try to have a fashion sense as far as looking and being fresh in my space. I guess that gets received well sometimes but I never look at myself as a 'fashionista' or 'style icon.'

I'm working on this reality show, with me and my son. It's gonna be like, about young fatherhood where, well, not too young, but in the same token as being my first child and he's so young and me still being relevant in hip-hop. You know, having to balance my career being a father at the same time.

It's okay to lose your pride over someone you love. Don't lose someone you love though over your pride!

The holiday time is where people slow down a little bit more. You get a chance to really take in an album.

Before I was a musician, I drew. The housing projects in Brooklyn weren't much of a canvas, people didn't know that I had it in me - but I actually went to an art and design high school.

It's not just in The Bronx or in the ghettos or even just America. It's worldwide. Who knows, it could be some aliens on Mars listening to hip-hop, you know what I mean? So it's really, really transformed from this little thing of ours to a thing for everyone.

Part of leaving your legacy is not worrying what everyone is saying about it.