I wouldn't write about sh*t I don't know. You won't hear me write about politics in Africa and stuff, because I don't know enough about it. And I would never rap about something I can't back up.

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.

Art is not about thinking something up. It is about the opposite—getting something down.

The essence of global health equity is the idea that something so precious as health might be viewed as a right.

Utterance is the evidence of foregone study.

The great mountains of the world are a great remedy if men but did know it against our modern discontent and ambitions. In the hills is wisdom's fount. They are deep in time.

Things that raise your energy usually don't involve humans; things that cause energy loss usually involve humans.

Trains, like time and tide, stop for no one.

One of the great defects of English books printed in the last century is the want of an index.

My music isn't anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rock'n'roll, and it has an urgency to it.

Smile, smile , smile At your mind As often as possible. Your smiling will considerably reduce Your mind's tearing tension.