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" A lot of people think I was an overnight success, but I was an opening act for three or four years, and then I signed my contract with EMI. Then it kind of blew up overnight. "

" Concerts every night, autograph signings, endorsements, and so on. That's not what real life is about. "

" Even in a bad market, location, location, location is a way to still buy and sell property. "

" I do freestyle jumping. Been doing since I was eight years old and can't quit. I'm addicted. I've broken many bones, but I ride with confidence. It's my thing - there's no high on earth like it. It's my hobby and I really enjoy it. "

" I don't harp on what I could change about the past, because I can't go back and change it. But definitely a lot of things I would change. "

" I don't have any reason to hate anybody; I believe in good karma and spreading good energy. "

" I have been known to hang out and party back in the day. I had a weekend that lasted a few years. "

" I just kept it real and had the freedom to do what I want. It's not designed for any age group. It's not made for radio. There are no edits. The whole album contains explicit lyrics but that's because you need it. "

" I live off a motto that says, 'yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery'. I have goals and agendas. Where ever I'll be tomorrow, that's where I'll be. "

" I'm a random guy. I shake a hand and make a friend. I don't do egotistical things. "

" I'm the kind of guy who really likes a challenge. It's more rewarding. "

" It's about enjoying your life. If you have no family, no friends to enjoy it with, it don't matter how much you have, how much success you have, how much fame you have, how much money you have, it doesn't matter. "

" I turn my negatives into my positives because one of my mottos is, 'Yesterday's history, tomorrow's a mystery,' meaning that you can't go back and change anything in the past. "

" It wasn't until '94 when I tried to commit suicide that I realized that it wasn't about the money. "

" I use the music to vent, and a lot of the stuff that I am writing about or was writing about contained a lot of anger and anxiety, stress and depression, so that's how the album came out so dark. "

" I was born in Dallas, Texas, but I was raised in south Florida. 'Ice Ice Baby' is about that area. "

" Learn from my mistakes and you don't have to make them yourself. "

" Listen, if you don't talk big game, you never get anywhere. If you don't think big, you don't get big. Some people call it egotistical, some people call it high hopes, some people call it confidence. It's all in how you want to dissect it. "

" My breakdancing crew used to go to the mall and squat a piece of cardboard there; we had our jam box, and I'd spin on my head and make about forty bucks a day, which was pretty good back then. I was only 14 years old, so I would chase the girls around the mall and eat some pizza and have some change left over. "

" Negativity spreads faster than any Justin Bieber song. "

" One thing I didn't understand in life was that I had $100,000,000 in the bank and I couldn't buy happiness. I had everything: mansions, yachts, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, but I was depressed. I didn't know where I fitted in. But then I found family and friends and I learned the value of life. "

" Show me a smile, and I'll show you one back. "

" This was totally influenced by me and the direction that I am writing about and the stuff that I am writing about. There is just no way that you can be as intense as what I have been through in my life over a drum beat machine, sample, or loop; it's just not going to happen. "

" To me, a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions. No offense, but what makes them dictate what is cool and what is not. "

" When 'Ice Ice Baby' was selling a million records a day, I bought several properties: a home next to Michael J. Fox in L.A., a palace in Miami and a mountain cabin in Utah. Then, a few years later, I took a break from touring, saw that my properties had cobwebs, so I sold them, and - to my surprise - I made a huge profit! "

" With the mega-fame came the mega-downfall - you know, with the press and everything - and at a young age, it was very stressful to me. "

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