Never try to make the same record twice, even when people are screaming for the same sound.

One side of the street is a Church; across the road is a liquor store. Both of 'em keepin us poor.

The minute I get swelled up about something, something has always brought me back down to earth.

You know, I've written many of my songs while driving - which is against the law in many cases.

McDonald's offers a king's ransom to any hip-hop artist who is able to put Big Mac into a song. MTV - and more to the point, Viacom - is succeeding in extending a teenage life to twenty-nine or even thirty-one years old. It is about extending this market and removing any intelligent substance in the music.

When you travel the world, you have to watch and you have to listen. We're not going to come in to Ireland without an understanding that there's a history that's very sensitive.

I adhere to the philosophy, "I don't care who writes the laws, let me write the songs."