Don’t call it a comeback, I’ve been here for years.

I feel like my peers now are artists like Madonna and the Stones, Michael Jackson and Prince. These are people who were able to take their careers beyond the normal here-today-gone-tomorrow life span.

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.

I'm the leader of the show, keepin' you on the go, but I know I can't live without my radio.

When I write I consider it a rhyme. In the studio I consider it laying down vocals. Onstage, I'm entertaining; I don't even think about it.

At fourteen, I started sending out demo tapes.

Once the referee throws the ball in the air, it's either your ball or their ball and you have to just take your shot.