Do what you love; you'll be better at it. It sounds pretty simple, but you'd be surprised how many people don't get this one right away.
You don't need to be the good guy to get a good message out.
What I like to do is just make good music, good movies, hopefully perform a good show full of energy and just have some fun.
I don't think you should go around talking trash about people because I think that's how you get your hat handed to you.
You have to always continue to strive no matter how hard things get, no matter how troubled you feel. No matter how tough things get, no matter how many times you lose, you keep trying to win.
I think fitness is important. I think a healthy lifestyle is important. I think putting positive energy out there is important and just staying connected with the people.
I do about 90 percent of my own stunts, and the things I can't do for insurance reasons, like swinging out of a flying helicopter, I wouldn't want to do anyway.
You can't let your past hold your future hostage.
That's one of the good things about music. You get to do it live, where you can touch the people and interact with them.
Hip-hop's always reached out to kids. If you look at the last 10 big albums it might seem ironic. But when I look at the history of this music it's always had a lot of positivity.
Stay focused, go after your dreams and keep moving toward your goals.
I feel like my peers now are artists like Madonna and the Stones, Michael Jackson and Prince. These are people who were able to take their careers beyond the normal here-today-gone-tomorrow life span.
Hip-hop can be limiting and I refuse to accept limits.
I've never been one to have to manipulate women. I always want it to be like a mutual thing, like everybody loves everybody.
I'm not trying to keep up or adapt. I'm allowing myself to grow, evolve and create new music.
Once you achieve one goal, you should be looking forward to trying to build onto the next thing, and not just getting comfortable with what you're doing.
I'm not giving up my history and what I've done in my music because I love it and I'm very proud of it. I just want to open it up for more people.
I'm not trying to be new school and I'm not old school - I'm classic. There's a lot of new cars and there's a lot of old cars, but I'm just classic in doing what I do.
God blesses us all with different views and perspectives and levels of influence and power.
I don't look back. I don't live my life in the rear-view mirror because, if you do, you're bound to end up wrapped around a pole somewhere.
