"I don't really put cars in my videos because I'm always flying or on a tour bus."
"You want to have a good job so you can make good money. You want to make good money so you can buy nice things. You want to have nice things so you can impress a nice woman."
"A lot of people got a lot of money around Kansas City, Missouri. If we didn't, KC Trends would be out of business."
"I'm only at home for, like, a month when I'm doing an album - at the most."
"My love for music is infinite."
"OutKast. For them to come back together to rap with me and my brother Krizz Kaliko would be ginormous."
"Me and Twenty One Pilots would be wonderful."
"People need each other to help each other up. But we can't stand near each other because we fear each other. When you get over fear, nothing matters anymore but love."
"I feel like breaking barriers is necessary because man created barriers, which keep us separated as human beings."
"Since I can remember, being different was always hard around normal people. That's just how it is, whether you have vitiligo, a deformity, or a different way of thinking or dressing. It's going to always be weird for normal people."
"I know how to do music, no matter how weird I look on stage with the face paint, mask, and hospital scrubs."
"As I got older, I started realizing that though people differ in skin tone, religious beliefs, cultures, and food, one thing we all have in common is emotions, so I tapped into emotions."
"I'm independent. I use my own money. For everything."
"When it came to music growing up, it wasn't just gospel and R&B. My uncle brought rock n' roll to me when I was younger, and I loved it. I was open to all music."
"My backpack is signed by three members of The Doors. I did a song with Robby Kreiger, John Desmore, and Ray Manzarek. I made my dream come true."
"We are blessed to not have violence at our shows. People come to our shows and act a clown. When you do music, you have no control who comes to your shows. I'm sure they have fights at Miley Cyrus shows."
"What I found out is, I need complete autonomy. I can't have nobody looking over my shoulder saying I can't say this or that."
"The beautiful thing about being independent and having my own label is I can say whatever the hell I want."
"I'm from Kansas City, Missouri. No one has to give a damn about my story."
"When I have 7,000 people plus at Red Rock just for a show of mine, I think it's wonderful to get that many people to come see you."
"The reason why people still come to Tech N9ne shows is because they never know what to expect. They know it's gonna be something wild. From generation to generation, I've seen it. The parents are bringing the kids, and then the kids start comin' themselves. It's crazy, man."
"I was always against starting the show with new material because the fans don't know it. They just look at you, and it's not explosive."
"I've been around since 1985. When the Jordan shoe came out."
"When you think you have something special, you can't be the only one what thinks it; everybody else has to agree."
"I take pride in lyrics. I take pride in music and staying on beat and being on key."
