Given the state of the industry, can an artist sustain success working with a smaller label or staying independent?

Yeah.

You know, I think the metric system or the system for what success is varies from person to person.

It depends what you want.

There's some people who want to have

10 million singles sold, and

that's what they look at success as.

What do you look at it?

I mean, I think, I look at, for me,

as being able to touch and affect people

in a positive way and have music

that lasts for a long time, have a long career,

and just, you know, being able to be influential in a positive way. The

The My guy

Motherfucker

I was not expecting this

It's a good treat

We're talking about me?

Yeah.

What?

A good treat.

I like to say out of that.

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