I never had the feeling I ever had to make a dime doing anything.

I'm not homophobic, I'm not a bigot, I'm not pandering to hatred.

I learned so much from listening to Jay-Z, M.O.P. and Gang Starr.

My influence is everywhere. You know when you're touching people.

'Rockaway Beach' is a great song, and so is 'Listen to My Heart.'

I could never have a better teacher in those days than my father.

I think when the music and the product is amazing, people buy it.

I feel like every record I've ever made, on some level, is urgent.

I did record 'The Chronic' in 1992. The year was not a total loss.

I know sound, and this is what I'm going to stick to: what I know.

I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.

Usually people who attack the rap are people who aren't even fans.

We'll have all the same players... We'll be missing one, actually.

I don't think anybody does contemporary R&B albums better than me.

I listen to Sinatra way more than a person my age probably should.

There's no future in spending our present worrying about our past.

I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.

Nobody I know got killed in South Central LA. Today was a good day.

If I stay in here until I am 100 years olds, I will still be a man.

You might catch me dozing off, but only for a minute. For a second.

Love don't love nobody got me feeling like, I shouldn't love myself

Politics isn't only about government. Politics is about the people.

Its so important to never limit yourself, to find yourself in a box.

Don't be worried about the next man - make sure your business tight.

My music was typically continental - nothing like, say, The Beatles.

You ask me, "Did I like Arsenio?" About as much as the Bicentennial.

I don't think people should try to force their will on their family.

Today's marijuana is also twice as strong as it was in the mid 80's.

My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.

When I made 'Detroit vs. Everybody,' I knew. I knew this for Eminem.

This rap game is just WWF; everybody wants points off somebody else.

First thought, best thought. I live by that when I make my own music.

Speaking two languages fluently makes each language not so important.

It's so important to never limit yourself, to find yourself in a box.

You couldn't drop knowledge if you threw an Encyclopedia off a cliff.

I'm not a big spender. I don't get into all the jewelry and all that.

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall with a joint, drinking some eight-ball.

I really appreciate family. I really can't imagine life without them!

I want to do a documentary about strippers, 'cause it's a moneymaker.

Editing while you're writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.

Prince.. a true artist in every sense of the world.Gone way too soon.

I'm not really a Democrat or a Republican, but I don't like rhetoric.

Way too many people are trying to do the same thing with their lives.

Basically, people are never happy enough because they want more money

I'm just not Mr. Joe that goes to work nine-to-five. I never will be.

These days an income is something you can't live without - or within.

It's grotesque to believe the body we inhabit we want to inhabit 24/7.

When you extend life span, that's really something. That's hard to do.

Cool people still have a hard time showing what they got in Hollywood.

Sports without music, it's nothing but a game. Music adds the emotion.

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