“There were a lot of songs that I still wanted to put on the album but it worked out. I can only fit 18 [tracks] on the album, I would put 30 if I could.”

Everyday, all day I have to be productive. And when I ain’t productive, I get concerned.

As long as I’m not selling out the people that ride or die with me, I’m glad I’m not an MC. I’m a motivational speaker. I’m not that rapper dude.

I love the streets, and the streets love me back. And when things ain’t going the way they should go, they let you know… and when they happy, you gotta keep ’em happy.

I’ve pretty much done records with everybody.

Married to the game. If we’re dancing with the devil at least teach us how to dance when the son of making dollars.

I ain’t never been the type of person out at the movies and holding hands and riding around listening to R. Kelly.

I’m a motivational speaker.

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

The craziest thing is that the song [“My President”] is real but you can still hear it in the club.

It definitely changed the game. I happen to be in the game around [the time] when the internet kicked in.

When money was plentiful, I was the first one who told you to stack it. Live your life with it. Now that money slowed up, I’ma be the one telling you to save it like they ain’t gon’ make it no more.

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

I ain’t a rapper; I’m a motivational speaker. I don’t do shows; I do seminars. I really talk to people.

I think I got a lot of life skills; I got a lot of wisdom; I’ve seen a lot of bad things happen to a lot of good people.

Music is how you feel. But if I can say one word, I’ll say ‘necessary.’ I felt it was necessary.

I always try to go back and check my old stuff. It’s like watching the tapes of the game. You want to go back and go as hard as before.

I’m about a 20-handicapper with a guitar. I can only play three songs on my own album. I did the lyrics, not the music.

You know, my first album, some of those jokes I’d done for twelve years because I couldn’t throw ’em out.

The Turn of a Friendly Card. The Sicilian Defence album was never released and never will be.

As long as I’m still able to have a hit on the radio and sell a few albums and some tickets,

The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept of the power of robotics.

The album was rejected by Arista, not surprisingly, and we then renegotiated our deal for the future and the next album,

The Dark Side of the Moon is a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement.

If you are not going to produce albums then you are not going to produce new fans. It’s impossible.