“In the beginning, yes I did go back… (but) I learned that if it’s continued abusive, you just can’t stay there. When guys are young, they make mistakes. Nobody’s perfect, but, if they do it more than once, then it’s definitely a habit”

Life’s a wheel of fortune and y’all can’t buy a vowel.

Just a couple of kids from the hood trynna make it B.I.G !

I have always felt that this woman matches my fly, it’s crazy!!

I have low self-esteem and I always have. Guys always cheated on me with women who were European-looking. You know, the long-hair type. Really beautiful women that left me thinking, ‘How I can I compete with that?’ Being a regular black girl wasn’t good enough.

All y’all can go to hell. Not Respectfully.

These devils find a way to get at’cha. All it takes is some green and your face on the screen.

I think women should always be respected. I’m not going to stand on the corner with a picket sign, but I’m going to support my ladies all the way. But I also understand the views of men as well.

A lot of the stuff that my father told me not to do, I did it anyway and I ended up learning the hard way.

When you’re dealing with people in an industry that’s all about making money, they push you farther than you really wanna go.

Be Blessed every one, stay positive.

When the beat hits I’m too glam to give a damn.

I love to reinvent myself, and that’s because I am a very free person. I do what I feel, and I love who I am.

I’m sayin’, why spend mine when I can spend yours?

I am honored and quite proud that a class is being taught on my sensationalist lyrics, unique style and fashion and leadership role within the hip-hop community.

I really want people to understand that nobody is perfect and that things happen in life beyond our control.

There are some people who still don’t understand. But I know by the end of my fulfillment they will.

Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.

In a free society we will tolerate boorish people, who have abhorrent behavior, but if we’re civilized people we publicly criticize that and don’t belong to those groups or associate with those people.

It is, of course, much easier to shout, abuse, and howl than to attempt to relate, to explain.

I’ve seen my name on marquees and bowed to standing ovations. I’ve also been called a fraud, a mental case, a heretic. People all over the country wait in line to hug me or curse me.

Everybody has a right to be stupid, but some people abuse the privilege.

A bitter truth: some people are comfortable with your acceptance of their abuse.⁣

When you go through all your life processing and abusing your hair so it will look like the hair of another race of people then you are making a statement and the statement is clear.

When someone abuses me I can defend myself, but against praise I am defenceless.