They say the good die young, so the bad die old. Guess we somewhere in the middle, so just pray for my soul.

Everything happens for a reason, everything is part of a puzzle that, even at the time, if we don't understand the bigger picture, everything has significant role in what's to come in the future.

But look, I cleared out all y’all that got in the way/And y’all knew that I was ill, but now my doctor is Dre

We live in an era where it ain't about dope rhymes. When beef is online, and how big is your co-sign.

I think hiphop is a beautiful thing and I embody it and I'm going to live it and I'm going to represent it until the day I leave this earth, because I represent everything positive about hiphop.

I believe that being a successful rapper is probably attainable.

Rousseau identified reason as the disease for which it pretended to be the cure.

What happens to the world when science stops evolving?

I don't like Los Angeles. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game. I'm from New York. I will kill to get what I need.

I do find that the mainstream media oftentimes is what I would consider off base or has a bias.

When you get to a certain age, you don't get lost. If you have a good set of pals around about you can have a great life.

I write songs very quickly, so the 20 minutes of joy I get out of writing a song doesn't compare to the two months of joy I get engaging with the people who like my music.

Encouragement is oxygen for the soul

The truly good is he who is one with all those who are deemed bad.

Force that the performance of duty naturally generates is the non-violent and invincible force that satyagraha brings into being.

Such is the vastness of his genius that he can outwit even himself.