As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they hire you; to take the role and make it real.

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.

No escape--like life itself.

America has a critical role to play as the most powerful member of the world community.

The Soviet Union is going to have a human-rights explosion. You'll have hundreds of thousands of dissidents.

I like France quite a lot, and I like Italy.

A book is a garden, a party, a company by the way.

Sometimes people think if someone has depression, that person must be a broken Mormon. We believe that righteousness is happiness, but what happens when people are righteous and they're not happy?

As much as everything can seem to be about patterns in your self and others, within the drama of all that, it's really all about knowing.

The key is to work with people who are passionate about storytelling and who have a similar sensibility of the type and nature of the stories that you want to tell.

I won player of the year and players' player, two cups and two championship medals, had a great time.

Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.