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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" As a black man, my hope is that I can touch more and more people all over the world of different races and different colours. "

" To me, my peers are Bruce Springsteen and Mick Jagger. I'm not talking age-wise, but in terms of careers. Madonna. Those are my peers. And I'm okay with that. "

" Our world is at the crossroads. We have a choice, right and wrong. "

" I try to do the right thing with money. Save a dollar here and there, clip some coupons. Buy ten gold chains instead of 20. Four summer homes instead of eight. "

Do The Right Thing

" I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free. "

" What you do in your art - TV, music, film stuff - touches people. And they want to touch you. So that's a blessing. I'm okay with it. "

" I think in order to keep America great, we have to keep America creative. "

" You can't let your past hold your future hostage. "

" 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. "

" I don't have an image that I'm trying to, like, portray. I'm just being me. "

" I think the stuff that plays on the radio, the majority of it is for teenagers, which is okay. That's what pop radio is about. And some of it is great, and some of it is not. "

" I love my fans, I love my music - I have no reason to retire. "

" The secret to it all is just to enjoy what you're doing. This is not working at the coal face, this is not sweeping behind a restaurant. It's work, but it's not work. It gives me a different type of energy. I'm grateful for that. "

" To know the rules of the game, you have to be educated. "

" 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. "

" You don't need to be the good guy to get a good message out. "

" Let me tell you something - compared to a TV-drama production schedule, touring is not strenuous. "

" God blesses us all with different views and perspectives and levels of influence and power. "

" I think the guy who has had the better films is Will Smith. I don't know if he's a better actor than me. I don't think so. I am a rapper first. Man, I just love what I do. I am just the greatest and I can't help it. I'm sorry man. "

" 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. "

" Stay focused, go after your dreams and keep moving toward your goals. "

" 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. "

" I'm a real person that cares about his art and cares about what he's doing. I have a heart and a soul and I want to touch people and give. "

" The person that made me want to make movies, and the reason I do films, is Bruce Lee. He was an incredible actor, and he had a lot of charisma. Handsome, action, you know, everything was there. I loved Bruce Lee. "

" Nobody is perfect, but life is about choices. "

" At fourteen, I started sending out demo tapes. "

" 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. "

Looking Forward

" I just look at the high and bright side of things. "