“Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion.”

“Don't let them say you ain't beautiful. They can all get fu#ked just stay true to you.”

“I have the right to remain violente. Everything I say can and will be used against you.”

“That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it.”

“My father? I never knew him. Never even seen a picture of him.”

“I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit.”

“Say there's a white kid who lives in a nice home, goes to an all-white school, and is pretty much having everything handed to him on a platter - for him to pick up a rap tape is incredible to me, because what that's saying is that he's living a fantasy life of rebellion.”

“I didn't have nothin' going for me... school, home... until I found something I loved, which was music, and that changed everything.”

“People can try to reinvent themselves. I don't think you can really change who you are, though, because who you are is pretty much where you came from and what you've done up to now.”

“The emotions in a song - the anger, aggression - have got to be legitimate.”

“I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever. I'm not really book-smart.”