When I came out rapping on my record, a lot of people said, Oh, you just want to be like Puff.

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.

You can’t live your life in a bubble, Charlie. And you can’t live Evan’s life for him. He won’t thank you if you try to wrap him in bubble wrap and set him on a shelf.

Natural hydration is a key factor in any type of sports performance.

I grew up reading genre writers, and to the degree that Eric Ambler and Graham Greene are genre writers, I'm a genre writer.

I don't talk to everybody, so they don't really know the real me. I don't think anybody will.

I should not mind anything at all.

I'm a big believer in pose some questions and then answer a few of them before you move onto the next set of questions.

And I love what I do and I love skating.

Good and bad, what's good and bad? I don't know.

The human heart becomes softened by hearing of instances of gentleness and consideration.

The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing alive enough to have strength to die. (from "Neutral Tones")