You can't get what you want all the time in life.

With acting, you have to take it seriously because the other actors are putting in a lot of effort - and if you say, 'I'm just bullshitting here', it's like dissing 'em.

Redemption just means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong.

Who can protect themselves from betrayal? The day your brother wakes up and plans to do you dirty, there's no defense against that.

When I got a chance to rap, I just busted my ass. When I got a chance to act, I busted my ass. Anytime I get a chance. I'm not wasting time. I won't do it if I'm not doing it 110 percent. You've got to work hard if you want to play hard. I like to play, but I know I gotta bust my ass.

You know, you'd hide behind a Public Enemy or Ice Cube, or Bruce Springsteen, or U2, because they spoke for you. But now everybody's bloggin'. I heard somebody say, "Blogging is just graffiti with punctuation." Everyone's an authority so there's nobody in power, 'cause everyone thinks they're in power.

Rapping is a vocal delivery, so you can do it without being part of hip-hop and not knowing what hip-hop is about.