I was djing before I was rapping. I was calling myself Mike Geronimo and spelling it like Mike but he was just like spell it M-i-c. I was like that's ill cuz it stands out.

Be true to yourself and as long as you can look back and be happy with what you've done stay that way.

I'm just the type of person that realizes that someone is always going to have something to say so I could care less about it.

Things happen and you live and you learn.

There are other jobs I do besides rap. I was considering going back to school so there have been a few things on my plate that I thought about doing during my time off.

I'm at a point where I let my mind go with flow of the music I'm making and it's not interrupted by me trying to please everybody.

Rap is purging itself from the things it didn't need and it's allowing the younger dudes to come up. With that being said you're always going to need people from that golden era.

You're always going to need those folks that introduce certain things to the next generation and I fit in that sense.

Life ain't complicated unless you complicate it.

Be mindful of everything going on around you and always be on point but don't be so on point that you lose that ability to be what it was that got you out there.

I could look in everyone's faces and see them reflecting on how much time has passed and all the things we went through.

I look back now and realize that the gift of a true friend is that she sees you not the way you see yourself or the way others see you. A true friend sees you for who you are and who you can become.

I am worthy of daily joy, and I will treat myself to a glorious day of complete bliss at least once per month.

The truth really does set you free — but what they don’t tell you is the process hurts like hell.

The three toughest fighters I ever fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Robinson. I fought Sugar so many times, I'm surprised I'm not diabetic.

I really hate those books where the murderer turns out to be somebody you never heard of who pops up in the last chapter.

Either you're the one erasing or you're the one being erased.

It will never be about our love for God. It will always be about His magnificent love for us.

Relentless pursuit to find a competitive edge.

The privatization plan weakens Social Security and threatens our economic security by creating trillions of dollars in new debt.

I saw that I was in danger of becoming ordinary, and I understood that from now on I would have to be vigilant.