I think about every song is pretty much raw emotion - even if it's not specifically about topic there's songs like "All I Know Is Pain" and "Green Piece of Paper".

They say blood is thicker than water. Only in certain cases, you need water to live. You learn that in the basics.

Weird like Murdock, thinkin' like Hannibal, Man like Face but I'm wild like B.A.

It's family first for me and then business so the family has got to know what's going on with the business.

I didn't cut no corners, I just gave it my heart and soul.

My heart seem[s] colder than March but on the flipside of things, it's still warmer than June.

I would never sell my soul, for cars and gold

I'm always going to survive and always going to be able to make more music because I have a dedicated fan base.

I mean family is more important than anything in life. Family is important than my crew, D-Block, my rap career anything... It's the most important aspect of a person's life.

Young black men had an opportunity to make money that they had never made before, so why not be flashy? I'm not mad at the flash. It just needed to be balanced.

An emcee is a Master of Ceremonies. If you're an emcee, and I am an emcee... I rhyme, you know what I mean? I do things for my fans that still appreciate me, let them know what's coming.

It (politician) wants to separate them. And to do so it has chosen the worst, blackest pencil of all - the pencil of war, which spells only misery and death.

It is awesome to note that the works your work are working but that should not be a joy. The ultimate joy should be that the works of your work are indelible.

If I live...I will live unafraid...I will live so all can see, I am not ashamed of who I am or what I'm designed to be!"-The Great Mephisto

Have no judgments about your life, no expectations, and give up the need to know what happens tomorrow.

There is nothing less to our credit than our neglect of the foreigner and his children, unless it be the arrogance most of us betray when we set out to "Americanize" him.

Ask yourself, what makes my book so different? So interesting? Don’t write to be a best seller. Write for and from your heart, not your wallet. Write something you want to be remembered by.

Toughest [lineup] I've faced. Hopefully, if it comes down to the playoffs, I can get my revenge.

Succession planning often results in the selection of a weaker representation of yourself.

I learned a lot about acting from the people I worked with.

If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.