A lot of people play single to work some angle. I'm always about keeping it real. If that's how I'm living, that's how I'm living.

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.

Work was intended not to give a man a reason to live, but rather to give him a means to live.

Self-identity is about content not the container that carry the identity, contextual value and not a solo island. It is about conception and not just a birth process.

I too am my own forerunner, though I sit in the shadows of my trees and seem motionless.

Live within and without your core of being.

Next to the Holy Scriptures, the greatest aide to the life of faith may be Christian biographies.

Jazz, rock and roll, movies and comics are the culture of America.

What goes around comes around like a hool-a-hoop.

At the point the money hits your hands, you have the power to determine your financial future.

[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it's a big success story for everyone - except the music industry itself.

I would like my readers to close the cover at the end and say, 'Wow, I never thought of it like that before'.