I wanted to feel like an artist for once in my life. I wanted to use other producers for respect, to let them know that I listen to other people's music and that I'm just not out here on my own page.

People know me, and want to know me, as a baller more than anything else.

Because I was in Atlanta, people didn't realize I'm one of the real forefathers in the game.

My father was a promoter of Fresh Fest, and they needed an opening act. He got me a slot as a dancer. We tried it out the first time in Atlanta and the crowd went crazy. I was the opening clown.

I go to clubs and if I notice the DJs are playing the records faster, then I'll push the beats a little on the next record I make. A lot of people don't know how to watch out for things like that.

So So Def has been one of the most successful and consistent labels in the game in the last 10 years.

I'd go dance at talent shows, and because I was young I had the upper hand on a lot of other crews. People thought it was cute. I used that to my advantage.

All the records I've made have pretty much been big club turntable records. You need to feel the rhythm.

In the Ferrari or Jaguar, switchin' four lanes Wit' the top down screaming out money ain't a thang

I'm one of those guys a lot of people watch, imitate, and then make it seem like they were the ones who did it first.

If you don't know by now, you're never going to know.

One might think one is loving God

Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.

If only we could live two lives: the first in which to make one's mistakes, and the second in which to profit by them.

Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.

The only reality is in the moment. What you are doing counts.

When love brings so much joy, why must it bring so much pain?

Nothing we did in those days has caused a change." "Because of what we did, things remained as they were, rather than getting worse," I told him.

Music is not just my passion it's my companion.

It has taken me thirty three years and a bang on the head to get my values right.

The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.