I've gotten my personal life all the way intact and made sure that it's straight. Without that, you have no foundation. Your building is going to crumble.
The race factor was just a minuscule part of what I was doing with Eminem. It was really about the music and how well we worked together.
Kids are the ultimate form of motivation. They're watching. They're mimicking. They're an extension of you. So you have to win.
I'm a producer at heart. I like being in the control room and directing people. That's what I do. But I've gotten on the mic a few times in my career; people seem to like it, so I'll do it again here and there. But that's really not my thing.
Even when I was close to defeat I rose to my feetCollection: Feet
No matter how hard you work to bring yourself up, there's someone out there working just as hard, to put you down.Collection: Matter
Never let me slip cuz if I slip then I'm slippin'.Collection: Hip Hop
It ain't that I'm too big to listen to the rumors, It's just that I'm too damn big to pay attention to 'em.Collection: Rumor
Those who are quiet will always cause riots.Collection: Causes
Try to be the king, but the ace is back.Collection: Kings
Don't be worried about the next man - make sure your business tight.Collection: Men
And even when I was close to defeat, I rose to my feet.Collection: Feet
When I'm lovin' these hoes, there ain't no love involved.Collection: Sex
Clear communication. Respect. A lot of laughter. And a lot of orgasms. That's what makes a marriage work.Collection: Relationship
I'm bad for your health, like puttin' a pistol up to your face and blastin' yourself.Collection: Evil
If you work at rap and look at it as an art, the money will come. But if you try to get the money, it'll just always be shallow.Collection: Art
You're a victim from my drive-by of thoughts.Collection: Art
I don't have room in my life for folks that large and demanding.Collection: Rooms
Children listen, I'm trying to tell you something good, don't get caught up in the hood.Collection: Children
I apologize to the women I’ve hurt. I deeply regret what I did and know that it has forever impacted all of our lives.Collection: Hurt
They wanna hang us, see us dead, or enslave us, keep us trapped in the same place we raised in. Then they wonder why we act so outrageous, run around stressed out and pull out gauges.Collection: Running
Hear what the artists hear, and listen to the music the way they should, the way I do.Collection: Artist
Snoop Doggy Dogg paged, that must mean more hoes.Collection: Mean
Name a sexual disease, she got it like Sam Goody.Collection: Sex
I wanted to be sure that my donation did two things: went directly into the hands of hurricane victims and that it was an amount that could really impact their lives and make a difference.Collection: Impact
I want to set the record straight for everybody who's been waiting to hear my music. The song that's out on the internet is an incomplete song that I'm still working on. When it's ready, you'll be hearing it from me.Collection: Song
When I think of the future, I think a lot of Quincy Jones and how he is an inspiration. Look at the quality of his work over so many years. He didn't even make his best record, 'Thriller,' until he was 50. That gives me something to look forward to. Nothing pulls you back into the studio more than the belief that your best record is still ahead.Collection: Inspiration
I've got more class than most.Collection: Class
I just took some ecstasy, ain't no tellin' what the side effects could be.Collection: Alcohol
I ain't a thug - how much Tupac in you you got?Collection: Thug
People aren't hearing all the music.Collection: People
The record business. It’s exactly what it is-Record-Busin ess. You have to take care of both, or they won’t take care of you.Collection: Records
I can take a three-year-old and make a hit record with him.Collection: Years
I'm high off the indo creepin' with the quickness to the cut, bust one to his head while he munches on that donut.Collection: Cutting
If there were no guns, we couldn't talk about it, ... You turn on TV, you see soldiers marching with guns. We only talk about things that's happening.Collection: Gun