Ludacris

Of course I have bills to pay, but at the same time, it's more about the passion and the love, and I think that's where music should come from, the heart, not necessarily just to cash a check.

Your fans, they count on you to make wise decisions and wise choices. That's why they're your fan base. If you continually let them down, they're going to go find someone else to be fans of.

I've always had an affinity and a passion for cars and that whole car culture.

I love everything from old-school cars to whatever the latest muscle or luxury vehicles are.

Working through experience is best for me, just being there and trying to get into the mode.

I used to be a video game freak, but I've kind of like eased back.

I made my first song when I was 9 years old. Just beating on garbage cans, having people beat box.

I feel like we need more aggression today.

I'm ridiculous, I'm ludicrous.

I love technology. We can be our own DJs wherever we go.

It's a lot of crooked cops out there. They manipulate the system.

The hip-hop community is made up of a lot of hustlers. Everybody is trying to get theirs, and everybody is trying to eat.

It don't take a lot to make me happy. I'm not spoiled like that.

My work is like my vacation, so in a way every day is like Saturday.

I've been trying to nail it into everyone's heads that I feel like I am the most versatile rapper.

But it's a blessing to be so successful within a year; it's the greatest feeling in the world, making money and doing the things that I'm doing, and I definitely trying to continue doing what I'm doing.

Anytime I shoot a video, I just think of anything I can do to set myself apart from everybody in the music industry.

I'm always in that mode - whenever I have a little free time, I'm always recording songs, writing, whatever I gotta do. It's like my job is my vacation.

No matter how much money I ever get, I'm going to want to provide for my family and never have to go back to really struggling. You don't ever want to go outside, you don't ever want to be left in the cold. You want to be safe.

A lot of beefs in the music industry are caused from miscommunication and just not really understanding whats going on having people in your ear saying this is what somebody did or this is what somebody did to you.

Education is extremely important, especially in my business, the music business.

'Ludacris' is something that I made up. It just kind of describes me. Sometimes I have like a split personality. Sometimes I'm cool, calm, and collected, and other times I'm beyond crazy.

I think half the battle is just being comfortable in front of the camera - and I already am, doing so many videos and interviews, so then it just takes that extra step of trying to get into character.

I've never been a cocky individual, but I am very confident.

I find myself eating different kinds of chicken each and every day, even if it's by surprise.

I'm one of those people that just likes to be comfortable.

I don't want to be too over-exposed, but then at the same time I don't want to be too out-of-sight-out-of-mind.

I made my first complete song when I was 9.

I'm just basically spillin' out my emotions to the world. 'Cause rap is about emotion. And I want you to feel what I'm feelin', 'cause that's what it's all about.

Its a crooked system but gin straight take the pain away.