If I'm trading bars with somebody, it certainly is not because I have a release coming. Joe Budden prides himself on the music and not the sales aspect.

In my world, even sure bets are not certain; 'Cause you'll get the picture, then find out it's the cropped version.

I loved love til' it resented me, and if it's still a stranger then I love who it pretends to be.

I never cared, I was careless, Fear bein afraid or maybe I'm afraid to be fearless. Or fear bein' fearless but fearful, So even in my carelessness...gotta be careful.

Whatever you goin' through, could always be much worse, Don't make a mistake, mistakin' your blessings for a curse.

Leave the past in the past, tomorrows not promised and Todays just a gift i guess thats why its the present

Sometimes you gotta stand by your failures to recognize your success

They say I'm difficult, so to put it simply....tell the world I never cared it was against me

Like I said, as long as I'm consistent and I try to put my best foot forward, and work as hard as I possibly can, everything else will fall into place - God'll take care of everything.

In this day and age, you gotta be a profiler to really know who people are, which most of us are not. So, we need time and life to start happening for people to really show their trust colors.

Maybe I'm regular and the world needs to adjust?

Just don't be afraid to be who you are and you will be successful.

And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.

Man is an ignoramus athirst for knowledge.

Now the only decent way to get something done is to get it done by somebody who quite likes doing it.

White actors still get way more money in Hollywood. It's been that way for a very long time. I hope it'll change, but it's a matter of forcing that change.

The progressive and liberal mindset believes that to every problem there is a Washington, D.C., solution.

I always wanted to be a sprinter.

People get good gigs because they stand up....You don't get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.

I like to see people doubt me.

In aesthetic theory it might be extremely difficult, if not quite impracticable, to draw a line between the canon of classicism, or regard for the archaic, and the canon of beauty.