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

I ain't got no beef with east coast, I think it's just being hyped up.

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 one person comes in and says, this is the way life should be, I think you're asking for chaos. I think you gotta let different people live different ways. It's a big world.

Mind makes you happy, mind makes you unhappy. When you are unhappy, the solution is there, in your mind, not in somewhere else!

There is no solitude in the world like that of the big city.

There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.

My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.

Everything you do is political, even if it's abstract. You're making a political statement even if it's unwittingly.

The neurotic keeps minute track of his enemies; it is only his friends he is careless about.

The five principles of aloha, when practiced together, awaken our awareness of our human potential and the sacredness of our life.

My favorite love scenes in movies don't involve passion, they involve nobility or sacrifice.

The lily in splendor, the vine in her grace, The fox in the forest, all had their desire, As then I had mine, in the place that was happy and poor.

The need to leave a legacy is our spiritual need to have a sense of meaning, purpose, personal congruence, and contribution.