I needed to be able to hear the mix before you do - that's when I came up with the "peek-a-boo" system.

I was reckless with records. I would pull them out by my fingertips. I would put my hands all over them.

Too many times, people are hearing the story from the second floor. Nobody's heard the story from the basement.

The first rap record came out in '79, but hip-hop began in '69.

That diversity of production styles and diversity of lyrical structure - I miss that.

Hip-hop has always been chronologically misunderstood.

I used to travel 200 days of the year. I had to calm it down because I have a 17-year-old daughter going on 30, and a 23-year-old son. I want to be around for them.

There's no such thing as a perfect historical film.

A lot of journalists say, "Tell us about the '80s." Nobody wants to know about the '70s!

Fear is how you lose your life...a little bit at a time...What we give to fear, we take away from...faith.

I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.

No one can help but stare at the monster, because horror is a cousin to awe.

Books mean all possibilities. They mean moving out of yourself, losing yourself, dying of thirst and living to your full. They mean everything.

It's easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.

The faster you can signal for rescue, the faster you get out of that situation.

When I left school, I wanted to be an artist, specifically a painter.

I got my first tattoo when I was 16 years old and I went with my mom to get it done - she has a bunch too so we're tattoo buddies now.

I realized my dream and was proud to be a Superstar. I never won a title, but being hired by WWE and being a Superstar, to me, was like winning a championship.

Maybe I'll paint, do photography, just something else. I can see that.