I do more work in Britain than I do anywhere else in the world.

Well, nine times out of ten when you have 2 or 3 stars in a household you have an unfortunate amount of competition that's not necessarily a healthy competition.

Most artists come in and out of the country, they stay may be 2 weeks - or a month max and then they leave.

War is the enemy of all mankind.

War, what's it good for? Absolutely nothing. Say it again.

I knew that I had a following here in England, and if I came over here maybe I could cultivate it, but I never dreamt it would be as great as it has been.

And me, myself personally, in order for there to be any kind of longevity there's gotta be some history.

War can't give life, it can only take it away.

The record industry is a world within itself.

If you can make the family life and the music work together that's wonderful. If you can make it work.

You can only be lucky if you have a place to record.

Most people live out ordinary lives by denying death. Others live more completely because they’re aware of it. I choose the second group.

Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything.

I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn't trying to shove it down anybody's throats.

The same man cannot well be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence.

It was in the 1920s, when nobody had time to reflect, that I saw a still-life painting with a flower that was perfectly exquisite, but so small you really could not appreciate it.

That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa.

Most of us want to live in harmony and peace and be good to others. Right now, however, the world is in a very turbulent time, and our leadership has gone crazy.

Romance and poetry, ivy, lichens and wallflowers need ruin to make them grow.

Stardom equals freedom. It's the only equation that matters.

Kempo is for the street first; everything else is secondary.