It's not about being mad at everything. It's about being really mad at the right things.

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.

The beauty of existence is a passionate sacred-life.

Authenticity inspires. Just be real.

To Tom, the march of technology was equivalent to the march of civilization.

A man would prefer to come home to an unmade bed and a happy woman than to a neatly made bed and an angry woman.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it.

Be careful about the advice you give, especially to your children.

Disruption never helps your cause. ... It just looks like you're afraid to have rational discussion.

Parties who want milk should not seat themselves on a stool in the middle of the field in hope that the cow will back up to them.

I figured, 'When is that ever going to happen again?'. So I basically set out the opposite way movies are made; I set out with a budget first. I said, 'What can I do well for $40,000?'.