I want every day to be life for the living, not just traipsing through it existing. I'm just interested in life and the world and exploring.

I write pretty often. I have a home studio. Music is what I do for fun. I never get tired of it, so to take a break from [TV and movies], I would go make some music.

I came from a crew, and to me, all the guys I rapped with were better than me, so I was surprised when I was the breakout one. It was definitely a cool thing.

I've hosted the Soul Train awards, the American Music Awards... and I had my own talk show. So if I can't host by now, what the hell can I do?

I already enjoy cooking. I like different flavors and putting different things together and really like taking normal recipes to a higher level.

You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.

The good thing about movies is that they're subjective. You can connect to different themes depending on your own perspective.