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.

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

Lil Wayne is talented. He seems to be the dominant figure in this particular era of hip-hop. So you know, he's doing his thing.

I try to do the right thing with money. Save a dollar here and there, clip some coupons. Buy ten gold chains instead of 20. Four summer homes instead of eight.

You don't need to be the good guy to get a good message out.

When I die, bury me on my stomach and let the world kiss my ass.

All great writers are schizophrenics, you know what I'm saying? 'Cause they switch up. They become the person when they write.