To live is to suffer, but to survive, well that's to find meaning in the suffering.

I'm not going to disrespect you, don't disrespect me.

Do dirt, get dirt. So I treat people with the same respect that I want.

You can't call any one person the devil. Because no one person has the power to be the devil.

I don't walk around big headed. I'm not a superstar.

I know I may have done some bad things, but I'm not a bad person.

I used to do the beat box. A friend of mine, he was the rapper and after, we'd be doing a block party or something or a house party, and he's gettin' all the attention and I'd end up with a handful of spit, you know, from doing the beats.

An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty.

Columbia tried to put me behind other groups, so I didn't wanna wait, they let me out of the contract and I'm glad they did.

I can reach people the average person can't reach because I'm as grounded as I am.

I'm still the same. That's why the fans love me. Because they need stability in the industry.

My mother would beat me so bad, I wouldn't be able to sit down. And I would never snitch.

There's a difference between violence and senseless violence.

I want 'Flesh Of My Flesh' to be like my connection to the community, I want to say what's on my peoples' minds, soak up all their pain. I've learned that when I take it all in, I can make one brotha's pain be understood by the world.

I've read every one of Donald Goines' books. So as soon as I heard there was an opportunity for one of his novels to be turned into a movie, I jumped at the opportunity.

One thing that people don't really understand is that as celebrity you rarely get fair treatment. You either get love or hate. It's never really fair.

The day I will never forget is the day I married my wife, Tashera. Tashera is so special to my boys and me. Her energy is enough to put anyone on a cloud. Her dedication and care gives me comfort and ease.

There is no object so large but that at a great distance from the eye it does not appear smaller than a smaller object near.

Time abides long enough for those who make use of it.

For, verily, great love springs from great knowledge of the beloved object, and if you little know it, you will be able to love it only little or not at all.