The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop.

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 it feels nice, just throw the dice.

The Awakened One sees the observer and the observed as one. The unawakened one sees the observer and the observed as different.

All That Is Needed For Evil To Succeeded, Is For Good People To Do Nothing

We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around disguised animal thoughts.

Broadway is not just the song and the shows; it's the individual performers and the community.

I think you can use fiction to get inside people's minds.

Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest.

People should not feel intimidated by received wisdom. You have to discover it yourself. If I tell you that Armstrong is great, it's meaningless; you have to hear it.

Only someone who'd never been an animal would put up a sign saying not to feed them.

Weeping must not hinder worship.