I think that politics could be a positive thing. My beef is that people focus on the personal aspect of a politician too much. They should focus on the results.

The people who go get an LL album want to hear LL. They don't want to hear LL trying to sound like DMX or whoever else is out there. That's not what they want to hear from me, because if they want to hear that they can go get the real thing.

What I don't do is try to like become whoever I'm rapping with. The people who go get an LL album want to hear LL.

You beefed cause you heard that I was cursing in my raps, 86, still you wanna run and get the straps.

Friendship, trust, honor, respect, admiration, this whole experience has been such a revelation.

It's not about being bitter, it's about getting better.

The secret to it all is just to enjoy what you're doing. This is not working at the coal face, this is not sweeping behind a restaurant. It's work, but it's not work. It gives me a different type of energy. I'm grateful for that.