I tell it like it is. I tell it like I see it. I tell it like I envision it. I tell it like I live it.

Rappers tend to use words sometimes that just rhyme and don't really mean nothing.

If my mama and daddy would've stayed together, one of them would've been dead, and the other would have been locked up for it.

I'll cook you two dishes and then you lay around for next time up.

I tell it like it is. I tell it like I see it. I tell it like I envision it. I tell it like I live it.

I'll probably have a lot of rap cats come on up.

A thug is someone who stands on his own. He lives by the decisions he makes and accepts the consequences. A thug is comfortable in his own skin. I wear mine like a glove.

I am allergic highly to the sun; that's my worst enemy.

I been in this game a long time.

I don't have problems with nobody, period.

I told the truth about the Miami life. It's a nice place to visit, but you don't want to live here. I lived through two major riots and three Category 5 hurricanes, I don't know if a lot of people could say that.

I used to hold back because people would get offended, but now I'm like, 'You're going to hear me, regardless. Whether you accept what I have to say or not is on you.'

I'm married to the street; I ain't gonna switch over. I ain't gonna go religion on nobody. I believe in God - God is for the thugs too - but the streets are in the most trouble. So I'mma keep it focused on the streets and the struggle. That's what I'm mainly about.

If I was in office, I'd get together all the chiefs and all the heads and chiefs of staffs of all the countries and explain to them like, 'This is how it's going to be. We need y'all oil and water. Y'all need our money and technology. Now, what y'all gon' do?'

Kids would never care about going to school unless your mama and daddy instilled into your head and explained to you that you need this thing to live.

People say keeping it real is a hard thing to do. Keeping it real is easy. Being fake and being soft is hard to do.

Some people around you don't mean you good.

The main thing is to keep it simple, keep it real, be honest and pull no stunts. You can't forget where you started and came from.

The media tries to do what they do. You can't stop. You gotta get money.

I never do anything fun, because I'm a housewife. I hate that word 'housewife.' I prefer to be called 'domestic goddess.'

When I buy Windows 98, I'm not only buying something useful, I'm giving money to Bill Gates, which is a really good thing.

Documentaries are a form of journalism.

The army was kept in as good state of fitness as the funds would allow.

This is the great reward of service, to live, far out and on, in the life of others; this is the mystery of Christ, - to give life's best for such high sake that it shall be found again unto life eternal.

Kissing a man with a beard is a lot like going to a picnic. You don't mind going through a little bush to get there!

The first line is the DNA of the poem; the rest of the poem is constructed out of that first line. A lot of it has to do with tone because tone is the key signature for the poem. The basis of trust for a reader used to be meter and end-rhyme.

I've felt depressed many times in my life, so I can draw on those times in my life when I need to.

Believe it or not, I was a pretty shy youngster growing up.

I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life.

Everything is being run by computers. Everything is reliant on these computers working. We have become very reliant on Internet, on basic things like electricity, obviously, on computers working. And this really is something which creates completely new problems for us. We must have some way of continuing to work even if computers fail.

I think I've got better at expressing my emotions. But going through the education system I went through - I don't think you can go to boarding school and come out without feeling a little repressed - yes, it does leave its mark on you.

If you have some magical chemistry that actually find the music you make compelling, that is a big bonus.

I grew my dreadlocks 12 years ago because they give me the freedom to roll out of bed and not spend hours on my woolly, thick hair. I get tons of dropped jaws and compliments, so I reckon folks like them all right.

What I tell everyone, and I really do for myself is, I have a long-run dream, which is I want to work on stuff that I think matters.

I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it.

Friends are medicine for a wounded heart and vitamins for a hopeful soul.

Hate is not a good counselor.

It's no secret that I wear a kippa.

Christians must be Jews. The truth of what we believe depends on the truth of Judaism, depends on the first covenant.

I like Miami in the winter: there's no humidity, no bugs, no mosquitoes. You go out and wear your jacket, and you're all good!

The inspiration you seek is already within you. Be silent and listen.

People want to know how we do it as moms. I want to inspire moms to get back in the kitchen. I want to show moms that not only is it great to have your kids eat healthy foods as opposed to McDonald's, but it's great to bring the family back together.

If you look at where presidents come from, they're former governors or senators.