I was reckless with records. I would pull them out by my fingertips. I would put my hands all over them.

Too many times, people are hearing the story from the second floor. Nobody's heard the story from the basement.

I needed to be able to hear the mix before you do - that's when I came up with the "peek-a-boo" system.

The first rap record came out in '79, but hip-hop began in '69.

That diversity of production styles and diversity of lyrical structure - I miss that.

Hip-hop has always been chronologically misunderstood.

I used to travel 200 days of the year. I had to calm it down because I have a 17-year-old daughter going on 30, and a 23-year-old son. I want to be around for them.

There's no such thing as a perfect historical film.

A lot of journalists say, "Tell us about the '80s." Nobody wants to know about the '70s!

He whose speech, behavior and humility captivates people’s minds, becomes worthy of worship by people.

A heaven on earth.

Along with selfishness, anger is one of the most serious problems facing the world today

Faith to me is having absolute certainty that God is in control of my life and that He has my best interests at heart.

A man should be free to do what he wants to do, as long as it doesn't hurt others.

Seeing someone else perform and letting me be the critic for once... that's not a bad thing.

Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth.

The fall of man did not introduce evil; it placed us on the wrong side of it, under its rule, needing rescue.

Your life is built on when love dies.

When I got pregnant, I had to concentrate on being pregnant for a whole nine months, even though I knew it was ruining my career at the time.