before your first record came out, your rsrecordalre, you y os were waiting for the album, having heardr stuff before. so we'll come back to the music in a second, and to the record sales, but how important has it been beyond the record sales up to this point? how important has it been to you what other people, particularly young people, think about you, or has that not been a priority? >> that has been a major priority for me, because i'm young at heart, and you always want to stay young at heart. you don't ever want to be looked at as old or he don't know what he talking about. i've always respected the old men in my community who had the respect to where no matter how old you got, you respected them. that's what i've always searched for. the reason why they had that respect is because they connected. they never tried to be too old, too big, or too wise. they stayed eye-to-eye. one thing about me and the kids, we stay eye-to-eye. i treat them like family, no matter how big or how small or how much they have or what they don't have. i look at them as equals, and i try to give them the