When I was in N.W.A. and didn't get paid all the money I was owed, that's when the business side of showbiz hit me. I thought, "Half of this is workin'. I'm famous, but now I need to be famous with some money." That got my brain started at trying to figure out the business end. And once I figured out the business side, I next came to understand that success really comes down to the product, not to me, my personality, or what club I'm seen going into or coming out of. None of that matters.

Creating is really what I like to do. The best thing in the world is to have an idea in the back of your head and then to make that idea into a movie and have people all over the world enjoy it.

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

I know my flavor's going to work because I just know there's not a lot of guys like me around. So you got to figure out what's that about you.

A bird in the hand is worth more than a Bush.

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

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