“I’d never trade my old girl for all the money in the world. I’d never trade my daughter Toya for all the money in the world. I’d never trade my only boy for all the money in the world. I put my last name first!”

You know how in football, guys throw defenses, and the defense throws you a look, but the look is not really what it is – it’s only made to fool you. It’s the same thing with drugs. The drug is only an illusion to draw you in.

All I ever wanted was to make scrilla Have a recording session with J Dilla.

You gotta judge a man by his principles.

He knockin’ on the door, let the devil in.

These haters can’t hold me back.

At one time, due to the reluctance of cult groups to allow members to dialogue with their families and professionals about their involvement (or even to allow families access to a loved one) -“involuntary deprogramming” became the choice of some families as a last resort.

Being dead broke is the Root of all Evil.

I’m very versatile and there’s nothing I really regret in my life. I’m excited with who I am and I’m just going to keep riding the wave.

When families observe a later, deeper stage of cult involvement they may find it necessary to consider the involvement of a professional such as myself in an intervention effort.

Forget yesterday, live for today. Tomorrow will take care of itself.

I ain’t makin’ music for the media. I make music for the people in the streets – that want a street level of entertainment. I’m makin’ music because I have the streets to feed.

Even before making music I was always someone that you had to get to know, at school or elementary. I walked the hallways. I would take your pizza

Even before making music I was always someone that you had to get to know, at school or elementary. I walked the hallways. I would take your pizza

I’m single, I’m enjoying life. Being a boss. Like all true bosses, one day you gotta give it up.

I remember when I couldn’t afford to eat like this. It was ramen noodles and the San Francisco Treat [Rice-A-Roni]. Dessert? Get you a honey bun and put a slice of cheese on it. Put it in the microwave for 45 seconds and you had the gift of a lifetime.

I’m single, I’m enjoying life. Being a boss. Like all true bosses, one day you gotta give it up.

I look and there’s our boy from Vietnam and our daughter from Ethiopia, and our girl was born in Namibia, and our son is from Cambodia, and they’re brothers and sisters, man. They’re brothers and sisters and it’s a sight for elation.

I hate the word surrogate, because what does that mean? Like when people talk about I`m my father’s confident, at one point, they were actually saying major newspapers were publicly were writing that I was Vice Presidential candidate. I`m saying no. I`m a daughter.

A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss. That’s the trade-off. But I’ll take it all.

God, in His wisdom, has so linked the whole human family together that any violence done at one end of the chain is felt throughout its length.

Spare the rod and spoil the child – that is true. But, beside the rod, keep an apple to give him when he has done well.

Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.

We don’t need sugar, flour or rice or anything else. We just want to see our dear ones.

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.