I get freedom out of hip-hop. I get to be a true artist without any shackles or harnesses.

My problem is that I never get through the whole book. I skim through this one, that one, and then the other one.

Young people are dying for no reason all over the world that don't know why. It's ugly, everywhere.

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

I figured, when I make a movie, especially earlier in my career, one thing I was going to make sure was that the movie doesn't cost a lot and that it has potential to make a lot of money. That's how you get respect in Hollywood.

There's nothing wrong with starting off in a box, but you got to have a plan to come out that box.

The biggest change in the government's behavior has been because of TV and its ability to show to the world what has happened in this community... that's the biggest change. But without TV... the separation between the government and the people would be much worse than it is.