I have to take what I say and make it heavy, so every single bar means something. And there's no riddles in my rhymes. Every single word means something.

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.

I don't profess any religion

Do not exchange the 24 hours for money. Give some time for your own accomplishments.

If love is the treasure, laughter is the key.

I was a 16-year-old girl at one point, so of course I wrote poetry.

Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business.

When we talk about the foreign, the question becomes one of us versus them. But in the end, is one just the opposite side of the other?

Back in the day after I won my first pageant there was an agency that was getting me work on the side.

If cooperation among governments were the superior concept for progress in Europe, I'd be onboard immediately. But the problem is that cooperation isn't working.

When I start thinking, all is lost.

We all think we're liberated when we have more of everything, don't we? That's what the media tell us.