“A lot of things come with fame, whether it’s losing friends or losing family.”

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.

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.

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.

If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.

Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.

Fame freaks me out. Do you just wake up different? I don’t know how to scale it back if it gets too crazy.

I was an overnight success all right, but 30 years is a long, long night.

Let me be unambiguous. I prefer not to be photographed.

I cannot repay my fans for what they have done for me, they have given me so much love and that love has taken me to the number 1 position where I am today, the only thing I can do for my fans is to never stop working.

It’s just amazing how many companies suddenly want you to hold up their products after you’ve held up the Stanley Cup.

Sex is not required to sell my film. My name is enough.