The truth is, everybody I've ever met who's successful is a workaholic.

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.

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.

If one person comes in and says, this is the way life should be, I think you're asking for chaos. I think you gotta let different people live different ways. It's a big world.

You have a mother?" His mouth quirked with humor. "Yep, and a father too! Every kid normally has one of each to begin with. He was teasing me in an affectionate way...

The sight of a racist mind is too blurred to notice the true beauty of life.

I always believe in living in the country, because that's where what I eat is what I can put back in the dirt.

Cooking today is a young man's game, I don't give a bollocks what anyone says.

...beauty is the projection of ugliness and by developing certain monstrosities we obtain the purest ornaments.

Illusion throughout is illusion. There is no end to it, just as there is no end to imagination.

Evil is limited. One cannot form A scheme for universal evil.

You have the honor and privilege of being in position to do something amazingly special. If you have the chance, you must do it.

Don't give up just because of what someone said. Use it as motivation to push harder.