Everybody is doing you a favor when you're doing a documentary. You can't pressure them into it.

I ain't got no beef with east coast, I think it's just being hyped up.

in the mornin' po-lice at my door Fresh adidas squeak across the bathroom floor Out the back window.. I make a escape Don't even get a chance to grab my old school tape

If you believe that I'm a cop killer, you believe David Bowie is an astronaut.

I'm a big fan of all styles, even Biggie and Wu-Tang, but I gotta do my thing.

Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place.

A good emcee will rhyme a lot of different ways. Don't limit yourself.

...As an artist, you need the naysayers and the nonbelievers to add fuel to your creative fire.

The truth is, everybody I've ever met who's successful is a workaholic.

Real men hold themselves accountable for stuff.

Being cool is when you win, you don't get too happy; and when you lose, you don't get too mad.

A pond with one fish is better than an ocean with none.

The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have.

You don't usually get treated unfairly. You usually get what you deserve.

The minute you know you're on safe ground, you're dead.

A lot of people don't want to feel anti-black by being opposed to Obama.

One year I hit .291 and had to take a salary cut. If you hit .291 today, you'd own the franchise.

If risk is the key factor to success and really smart people avoid it, you might not be dumb enough to succeed!

The way I look it is hard to look like a normal person. You know, in the streets when I was a kid, people always said I looked strange, and it made me feel unhappy.

I tend to turn down books originally published as e-books. As for selling books directly to e-book publishers, I would do so only if all traditional publishers had turned them down.