[On living in Asia for a year.] Most of the kids had never seen a black person before, so they'd come over to me and touch my face, thinkin' it was paint or something. No one at Def Jam or Roc-A-Fella believed in "Through the Wire." So I shot a video using my own money. "I was never really good at anything except for the ability to learn" Nothing is promised in life except for death. "I can always tell if a band have a British rhythm section due to the gritty production." If I don't win Album of the Year, I'm gonna have a problem with that... I said I was the face of the Grammys last year. [This year] I'm 10 times that!