I want to be able to say that a rap career could be ten albums.

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.

The paper is my savior, the pen my blood, to words that shed my world.

Go somewhere people only dream of in their most wildest imagination.

I would sooner pluck one single brand from the burning than explain all mysteries.

Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never tried to fall asleep with a mosquito in the room.

War is the only game in which it doesn't pay to have the home-court advantage.

...With stories even a page can take me hours, but the truth seems to flow out as fast as I can get it down.

The complexity of the situation of having a war going on around you and what that delivers to you is that you have to figure out which side to take.

I don't want to tell you how to be a prince, but shouldn't you have some bodyguards or something?" "Bodyguards? Who would want to harm a charming guy like me?

People are legitimately worried about Donald Trump, almost like a schoolyard bully, if I step up, am I going to be targeted, too?

How do I know that loving life is not a delusion? How do I know that in hating death I am not like a man who, having left home in his youth, has forgotten the way back?