If you really listen to my music my music is more like stories than party records. I never made party records.

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.

If you're funny, if there's something that makes you laugh, then every day's going to be okay.

Our story begins at home, but it doesn’t have to end there.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.

Encouragement is oxygen to the soul. Good work can never be expected from a worker without encouragement. No one ever climbed spiritual heights without it. No one ever lived without it.

An artist must not feel under any constraint.

Think small and act small, and we'll get bigger. Think big and act big, and we'll get smaller.

The uncertainty of the danger belongs to the essence of terrorism.

I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.

The unrestrained freedom of thinking and of openly making known one's thoughts is not inherent in the rights of citizens and is by no means worthy of favor and support.

No one's laughing at God -We're all laughing with God.