I've been around a lot longer than most rappers stay around. So I don't feel like, I haven't made too many career mistakes.

The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.

If you born in the mud, you gonna be dirty, and people don't understand that.

You become a writer on a television show, and you see yourself doing bigger and better things, you don't wait till they tell you, "Here's the way to do bigger and better things," you start writing. You start writing that material that you might be doing off to the side. Nobody's going to be paying you for that, but it could turn into something big.

When I was six, God was a white man with a big beard riding on a white cloud. That's the image television pumps.

I think my fans respect me for bein' as truthful and honest as you can be and still be Rap music and not be opinion music. It's still Rap, its still style, flavor, flair, and people just kind of like how I present myself and the things that I do.

You don't wanna mess up what you've done. It's like Jordan coming back: You're scared to mess up the legacy.