Can't step from one movie set to the next. Only Samuel L. Jackson can do that. All us mere mortals can't do that!

[Boycott Oscar] is like crying about not having enough icing on your cake. It's just ridiculous.

The thing is with hip-hop, it has its waves and the waves crash against the beach and the new waves come in. So to stay relevant you have to roll with that.

We come from the days when rap used to agitate the mainstream. Now it's more buddy-buddy. That doesn't sit well with me. So what we need is [a bit more] street politics, bringing up issues, agitating you a little bit. And nothing can agitate you more now than a terrorist threat.

Don't talk about death, I've got too much life to live, To many orders to give.

I know I ain't too old. I always think of my fans about 10 years older and 10 years younger than me.

I have a really beautiful life right now, so there is no reason to be hostile. I'm a husband, a father and a man who tries to do the right thing in life and in my work.