Life is too short to not have fun; we are only here for a short time compared to the sun and the moon and all that.
Coolio
I came to Baku the same way I would go to Texas - because they asked me to come and play hip hop.
Because I'm a young black man driving a really nice, expensive car, I sometimes get harassed when I'm rolling through a ghetto neighbourhood.
I have seven children. Even if you got a lot of money, feeding 5, 6, 7, 8 mouths, it will do some damage to your pocket.
I never let any of my sons beat me at videogames.
I know I'm just one man trying to do one thing, and the next day is not promised to any man. I'm very humble.
I love cartoons. I'm just a big kid.
If it wasn't for the military I probably would not have ever come to Bosnia for vacation.
I'm actually a little bit more tolerant than I thought I was. I've got kids, so I do have a lot of faces.
I don't consider myself a gangsta rapper. But I'm probably more qualified to be a gangsta rapper than people who call themselves that. I've been through that life.
Throughout my rapping career, I always cooked for myself and anyone I worked with. It's what actually kept me grounded through those crazy years.
I come from the golden age of hip hop when all the greats came on the scene.
I think anybody can cook if they take the time.
'Gangsta rap' is a derogatory label.
I've basically got an album full of singles.
When my mother first passed away some time ago, I didn't enjoy food anymore. I just ate to live. My mother had always cooked so well that I didn't think I could follow her.
But when I really look back on my life, being really honest about it and now that I've got the chance to travel the world, seeing how a lot of little kids grow up - my life wasn't so bad.
People treat me nice 'cos I treat them nice.
Acting is all about timing. I mean, who has better timing than the MCs?
I want to provide a well-rounded perspective of life.
I finished the movie a month ago in downtown Los Angeles. I had a lot of fun doing it.
I've been rapping since 1979.
I'm never doing a new album. I'll probably do nothing but singles. I'm as good as anybody out there lyrically and conceptually and can go toe to toe with the best of them throughout history. But I don't know how much longer I'll be doing it. It's not really fun anymore.
I started cooking from watching my mom. My mother was a really, really great cook.
We take pride in what we do.
I don't do concept records anymore - I just prefer doing good songs.
I was hungry a coupla' times but for the most part I ate every day... I got to go to school for free.
I'm still waiting for someone to call me to cater their wedding. But that's gonna cost you. If you want my cousin Jerez to play the sax, that's going to cost you a little more. The sky's the limit after that.
I'd only do Big Brother again if you paid me three times as much money.
I perform for soldiers because they are important.
I just think it's my responsibility as a human being and an entertainer to see the soldiers.
I'm innocent. I've done nothing. I'm a nice guy.
I wasn't driving down the wrong side of the street, smoking marijuana, waving my gun out the window.
'Shaka' is my catchphrase. Emeril got 'bam,' I got 'Shaka.'
As much as I would like to be the one who saved hip-hop culture, it's pretty much nigh-on impossible.
I'm a winner; I win most of the time. But in order to be a winner, you have to lose some of the time. I'm a terrible loser.
Let me tell you the truth: I'm 45 years old. I never thought that I would live to see a black president.
