“I only know what I heard and what I read. I had no involvement.”

People don’t know how hard it is to have your own business.

My kids get everything they want and are raised well.

The best revenge in the world is success.

No person ever gave me nothing but God.

No matter what it is, I think people want the answer they want, they don’t want the truth.

There’s no difference in dealing with the music business with the majors than any other competition. The music business is way more cutthroat than any other business.

I don’t care about how many times somebody recognizes my face.

In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.

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

As far as anybody in the rap game ever tryin to assassinate my character, thats impossible. You talkin about a man who has always walked the walk and talked the talk.

I ain’t never preyed on the weak. I ain’t never gone and picked on a guy that I knew I could beat up, even as a kid. People wanna make me seem like I’m [that] type of guy.

If you grow up in the suburbs, you hear of people dying of old age, car wrecks, cancer. In the city, it’s always people dying of violence or stray bullets.

If you wanna cross somebody, then do that. Don’t act like it wasn’t you.

I think the biggest misconception about me probably is … I don’t prey on the weak. I ain’t a bully, but I ain’t no saint, either.

I am in the penitentiary. The only thing that I do is my time.

The music business would be much better, for the youth and the kids, if they start hiring employees that understand the kids.

Human being is both being in the world and living in the world. Living involves responsible understanding of one’s role in relation to all other beings.

When sex involves all the senses intensely, it can be like a mystical experence.

When sex involves all the senses intensely, it can be like a mystical experience.

It is essential for me to become involved in another search, and ‘search’ is the proper word to use because it promises discovery along with the risk.

The sage has the sun and moon by his side and the universe under his arm. He blends everything into a harmonious whole. . . . He blends the disparities of ten thousand years into one complete purity. All things are blended like this and mutually involve each other.

I’m certainly not into money and prestige. For me there is simply nothing more exciting than people involved in the creation of great products. That is what drives me.

He cares about the people involved, but I don’t think he’s a big football fan.

There is a bit of acting involved when you get in front of a camera for a video. Even when you perform onstage, you’re putting on a show.