The hip-hop that we grew up on is dead to a certain degree. I'm trying to keep it alive though, it's alive in the underground, but don't nobody know about it.

Gangsta rappers can't fight, so they rap about guns.

Dutch in my ear, Olde E in my palm, I Freddy Krueger your face, Michael Myers your moms. You botherin mine? That's when I'm sparkin the nine.

I don't like thugs, I don't like nerds, I don't like myself and I hate bein' disturbed.

Shawn Carter is nice, but Sean Price is the best.

Wake up: all of that 'crack in the street' talk? It's made up, like 'Jack and the Beanstalk.'

I'm a grumpy old man. The older I get the more anti-social I get.

I can't see myself not rappin' and not talking the bullshit I'm talking. I love that! I can't lie. Once I stop I'm just going to stop all the way.

Everyone's always like, "Why don't you guys wear white ties?" You know why we don't? It's because they're in the wash.

The Mother of Ignorance is always pregnant. But at Sean Price house, the b**ch have twins!

"You listen to Portishead, you're not like the others. Want some coke?" I'm like, "Nah, man."

Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level do a good job because your reputation is your resume.

IF you Salute your work,You do not have to salute anybody. IF you pollute your work,You have to salute everybody.

Watch my sword, not my face!'he said. 'I'm going to stab you, not bite you!

Challenges are gifts, opportunities to learn.

I'm sort of an experimenter; I thought it'd be interesting to play around and see what's there.

Why should I be limited by my own biography?

All is not golde that shewyth goldishe hewe.

It was too nerve-wracking, a shocking spectacle, like seeing an old, calm friend go insane.

I, my own damn self, am not a Tea Party supporter. I disagree with them on social liberties, our overseas wars, Obama's birthplace, Sarah Palin, and the conspicuous absence of tea at their rallies.

Becoming a superstar takes about 10,000 hours of hard work.