I'm not going to allow anybody to hold a badge up over me or a cross or any other power symbol and say I'm going to kill you and you're just going to kneel down to me because I'm the law.

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.

Develop the muscles for hard work and never be an early quitter.

It kind of felt like she was kicking me in the gut, and every kick

Take care of the sense and the sounds will take of care themselves.

You always want to start with a bang and put your best food forward.

The rising world of waters dark and deep.

My producers give me total freedom. No one asks me for anything; they just tell me to make a good film, and that's what I do.

There are some battles, no matter how much you don’t want to fight them, that you just have to fight. That are worth giving your life for.

If you are going to ask yourself life-changing questions, be sure to do something with the answers.

Does anyone in this land act like they're supposed to?

The human heart would never pass the drunk test.... If you took the human heart out of the human body and put a pair of legs on it and told it to walk a straight line, it couldn't do it.