I'm gonna try and change the course of hip hop again.

No matter how hard you work to bring yourself up, there's someone out there working just as hard, to put you down.

Even when I was close to defeat I rose to my feet

Never let me slip cuz if I slip then I'm slippin'.

Try to be the king, but the ace is back.

It ain't that I'm too big to listen to the rumors, It's just that I'm too damn big to pay attention to 'em.

I've gone seventy-nine hours without sleep, creating. When that flow is going, it's almost like a high. You don't want it to stop. You don't want to go to sleep for fear of missing something.

Don't be worried about the next man - make sure your business tight.

And even when I was close to defeat, I rose to my feet.

Those who are quiet will always cause riots.

Hear what the artists hear, and listen to the music the way they should, the way I do.

The only way to find happiness is to create it inside your mind.

It was 10:30 in the morning and I was already running behind. This is hardly unusual, but it pisses me off every single time.

Once you go alien, you really do never go back.

Eat like a bird, poop like an elephant.

The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible.

There are babies a span long in hell.

I speak of peace, therefore, as the necessary rational end of rational men. I realize the pursuit of peace is not as dramatic as the pursuit of war... But we have no more urgent task.

What is love at first sight but a proof of the powerful but silent language of physiognomy?

The course of history can be changed but not halted.

Have I caught thee, my heavenly jewel? Why, now let me die, for I have lived long enough.