I been all around the world and I haven't found a city that I'd rather be from or rather come back to than Los Angeles.

Gangsta to us didn't have anything to do with Al Capone and stuff like that. It's just about living your life the way you want to live it. And you're not going to let nothing stop you.

I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who's trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.

When I did 'Boyz N The Hood', I never thought how we grew up in South Central was interesting enough for a movie.

I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.

You pay to have a good time, you don't always want to pay to be schooled or sad or reminded how bad you got it. To me a movie theater ain't always the place for that.

I usually don't mind movies that people think go overboard because that's what art is all about. Art is about pushing us and making us examine ourselves.