“Be your own leader, be your own self, step out of my shadows and be your own person.”

My younger son, Cordell, aka Lil Snoop, loves me like a fan loves Snoop Dogg. He’s inspired by making me happy. My older son, Corde, aka Spank, does everything I say, with effort and determination – but he does it for himself. He gets his thrill out of seeing his own results on the football field.

Everybody wants to be a winner. Winning for you is everything, right? Wrong, winning is the only thing!

The more information you have, the better you will be.

Sometimes a loss is the best thing that can happen. It teaches you what you should have done next time.

The message is always going to get through. Me being able to speak is a message in itself.

My mind on my money, my money on my mind.

There’ll be ups and downs, smiles and frowns.

My mama couldn’t give me what I wanted. I had all right clothes, but the people I was with had better clothes. I felt that I had to have better clothes.

Sometimes, if you’re lucky, someone comes into your life who’ll take up a place in your heart that no one else can fill, someone who’s tighter than a twin, more with you than your own shadow, who gets deeper under your skin than your own blood and bones.

I’m taking my skills to different people’s homes that have stoves for it.

Anytime you’re with somebody, you become a reflection of that person. I believe the first five years of our relationship was me grooming her, getting her tough and getting her ready for all of this and how to deal with it. The last was just her being a strong Black woman who has her man’s back.

I’m here to impress only one man. He don’t live here with us. He’s on top. So that’s all I’m concerned about. My work is not for the public or for man to view or make judgment on me, I work for one person.

You don’t know where you goin unless you know where you come from.

Like Ice Cube asks, “Why are more niggers in the pen than in college?” It’s easier to go to the pen than it is to go to college.

That’s why I’m so successful because peace is my main thing, it’s not about money. It’s about making sure everybody is having a good time and loving and living and enjoying life.

An older guy, he’s going to show you things that a young man can’t show you. He’s going to show you how to stay alive. He’s going to show you how to turn corners where your young friends will show you how to turn right into that wall, you know what I’m saying?

Style for me is some one who figures out who they are. What works on them. What they feel good in and develops that. Develops their character. And the outer expression of their character is what is style.

If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.

Style for me is some one who figures out who they are. What works on them. What they feel good in and develops that. Develops their character. And the outer expression of their character is what is style.

Your dreams are what define your individuality. They have the power to give you wings and make you fly high.

Im a shy person. I contradict my own profession, because Im an introvert in a very glamorous world.

Create your own visual style. Let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.

Out of drag, I’m a white guy with a guitar, which isn’t special. There are a million white guys with guitars. But being a drag queen with a guitar is a lot more commanding.

I think people who are attracted to the fashion industry are people who are really insecure and looking for a certain identity.