When I make records I have full control of everything and I know how it sounds before it comes out, with films it's outta my hands.

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.

Grief dares us to love once more.

Discovering the truth of who you are is the only way to love and care for yourself.

It doesn't matter how much wisdom you have. If you don't have position, you have nothing. That's the tragedy of India.

We're a feeling, an awareness encased here

When writing poetry, it is not that produces a bright idea, but the bright idea that kindles the fire of.

places to hunt places to hide are getting harder to find, and pet canaries and goldfish too, did you notice that?

As you all know by now, this is the 51st annual Academy Awards. Two hours of sparkling entertainment spread out over a four-hour show.

There's no nobility in poverty.

My brother is the one that gives me the strength - if he's not strong, I'm not.

Work! labor the asparagus me of life; the one great sacrament of humanity from which all other things flow - security, leisure, joy, art, literature, even divinity itself.