I identify with the bottom of the pyramid, because, outside of having money, I am at the bottom of the pyramid.

I don't cook gumbo, but I just know it's a lot of good ingredients in it. And, with a movie, you got to have all those ingredients.

I still want to put together bigger and better programs to work with the community. I still think I could do better on that end.

The devil made you a slave. Your waitin' for the devil to come from the ground. Take a look around. Just look at the cross that the priest is holdin'. A beast, in sheep's clothin'. You are the prince of darkness. Hell born, demonic.

You don't have to be super clean to be a super star

I believe every pencil has to be sharpened every now and then to stay sharp, or you dull out. So my records, I chose to speak on what black people do, what white people do, what women do, what men do.

We're in this entertainment business really to give the audience what they want.