The Notorious B.I.G. Quotes

What happens on that corner happens on every corner.

Sticks and stones may break bones, but the Gat will kill you quicker.

Growing up in the streets of Bed-Stuy, it was hard, yo.

I'm a thug, but I swear for three days I cried.

I heard about crack on the news and I was like, "Oh, that's what the niggas must be doing." And when I kept coming outside, I was doing my own little jostlin' to get my money.

When you read magazines and you see everybody having fun, you think, ‘okay, that’s where I want to be.’ But once you get in it and you achieve the success that you want, it seems like that’s where the player hating starts. You know that’s where everybody’s like, ‘Well it’s not all that

Mariah Carey is kinda scary.

Excellence is my presence. Never tense, never hesitant.

Never let them know your next move.

I'm basically different things to different people. If it's a guy, I'm-a probably have my guard up because it's a street rule that when men come around that I don't know, I just immediately throw shade on them. But I don't associate with fellas all that much; if it's a girl - a beautiful girl - I be nice.

The lesson from the smith and wesson is depressin'.

To all the teachers that told me I'd never amount to nothing.

Even when I was wrong, I got my point across.

If you don't love yourself, I'll make you see your own heart.