I'm really, really, really, really conservative with money. I got to give myself a lot of excuses to spend money, because I come from nothin'.

If you can perfect the booth, the stage and just your persona, like maybe in interviews and when people talk to you, then you're a full well-rounded emcee in my opinion.

I don't hate any sort of music but I just think that the lyricism needs to be in the forefront.

You owe dough? You ain't give up that cheese? Hey... Sooner or later, you'll Pay, Pal (no eBay).

I wake up hip-hop, Go to sleep hip-hop, Dream 'bout hip-hop, 'Cause I AM HIP-HOP.

Back in the days the great emcees made singles, had great shows, won battles, had all the girls and dressed fly. That¹s what I'm about...the total package emcees.

What inspired me as a child is the same thing that inspires me now: being nice. I always try to one up everybody with verses and be lyrical and just stand for the art.

There is nothing like puking with somebody to make you into old friends.

For people who like that kind of thing, this is the kind of thing they like.

The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn't know how other people would take it.

I know I'm an actor, but I'm not at all a believer in people watching a lot of TV. I've never had television in my home.

Although feelings are not supposed to intrude on business discussions, they do anyway - we just disguise them as logic.

China traditionally has been a tea-drinking country but we turned them into coffee drinkers.

The same power that brought Christ back from the dead is operative within those who are Christ’s. The Resurrection is an ongoing thing.

The most desirable thing in life after health and modest means is leisure with dignity.

A census taker tried to quantify me once. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a big Amarone. Go back to school, little Starling.

I promote revolution against the Capitalists and the Social Marxists.