I try to make the audience forget all their problems -- for an hour and a half or so get them out of themselves, and space, and time, and consciousness.

Prison was a blessing. Going to prison was the greatest thing that happened to me. It showed me that I wasn't infallible. It showed me that I was just human. It showed me that I can be back with my ghetto brothers I grew up with and have a good time. It taught me to cool out. It taught me patience. It taught me that I didn't ever want to lose my freedom. It taught me that drugs bring on the devil. It taught me to grow up.

She's the kind you don't take home to mother.

I dont have aluminum foil on my windows anymore.

I get some letters from girls that if their mothers knew what they were writing me in these letters, they'd get their butts whipped.

I wanted to play the Apollo Theater because I didn't think I was going to be on the earth long.

If I told you Jesus Christ was black you're going to be afraid of me because I'm telling you the truth. That's where I always come from.