His comments weren't in response to a question of how ALL people can be successful.

They were in response to a mindset that led him to being attacked for not having "dark girls" on his album cover.

Even you yourself have taken one line from one song and have applied it to what you chose.

He wasn't teaching a course or mentoring a teen. It was an interview addressing the controversy.

That's it.

And people have taken ONE line from that discussion and blown it up.

If he were asked the question of success criteria, I'm pretty sure the response would be similar to what you just said.

But that wasn't the question.