We change people through conversation, not through censorship.

Rap has been a path between cultures in the best tradition of popular music.

I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and all of those sounds and souls of Motown filled the house.

A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who.

Little brothers ring fingers get cut up to show mothers they really got em.

I love that because that's what I'm supposed to be doing - whether it's accepted b everybody or not. I'm supposed to be pushing that envelope and trying new things. And people are supposed to say, Hov, you might have went too far.

Don't tell me what was said about me. Tell me why they were so comfortable to say it to you.