“If you work at rap and look at it as an art, the money will come. But if you try to get the money, it’ll just always be shallow.”

Hear what the artists hear, and listen to the music the way they should, the way I do.

I apologize to the women I’ve hurt. I deeply regret what I did and know that it has forever impacted all of our lives.

I just want to get my music out and make sure that it’s heard in the right way.

I love the new technology. New things give you a reason to want to go to the studio. New challenges mean you have to keep up, you know?

Clear communication. Respect. A lot of laughter. And a lot of orgasms. That’s what makes a marriage work.

I’m high off the indo creepin’ with the quickness to the cut, bust one to his head while he munches on that donut.

Black women are the strongest most hardworking people on earth.

The only two things that scare me are God and the IRS.

I’d rather deal with Tipper than Bush. He’s trying to kill everybody in jail.

When I’m lovin’ these hoes, there ain’t no love involved.

Name a sexual disease, she got it like Sam Goody.

It ain’t that I’m too big to listen to the rumors, It’s just that I’m too damn big to pay attention to ’em.

Try to be the king, but the ace is back.

The record business. It’s exactly what it is-Record-Busin ess. You have to take care of both, or they won’t take care of you.

I’ve gone seventy-nine hours without sleep, creating. When that flow is going, it’s almost like a high. You don’t want it to stop. You don’t want to go to sleep for fear of missing something.

I don’t have room in my life for folks that large and demanding.

A basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.

Most people in America think Art is a man’s name.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing what truth may be, we can still recognize lies.

Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art.

Design your life so you get to make art and love very often.

A low hum. Vibration when it hits the skin. An image. Permanent art. But the most satisfying part is- the decisive-ness. Decision made.

Everything will be art and nothing will be art, because everything, as I believe, already is.

Art is more important than what you think of me.