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" I started boxing at 12, and I was above weight for my age, so they put me in the ring with adults... When you're fighting all the time, it gives you the ability to fight without getting angry. "

Curtis Jackson

Time

Fighting

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" Hip-hop - it's the safari: it allows people who aren't under those circumstances to come closer to inner-city life, to explore it without actually being in danger. It's something kids in middle America indulge in to be rebellious. "

" My grandparents went through a bad experience themselves; they invested money in a church and got burned - the pastor had his own agenda - and my grandfather lost interest in the church after that. That was when I had the option to not go. 'Grandpa ain't going; I'm gonna stay with Grandpa.' "

" I have a romantic side. "

Curtis Jackson

Romantic

Side

" It's difficult for me to trust a woman. Men are attracted to beautiful women. Women are attracted to men who offer security - financial security. And if you have money and you're famous, women find that sexy. "

" When I'm actually creating music, I try not to listen to the hip-hop records that are going on, because I think, subconsciously, we steal from each other. "

" I like to sort through music and see whatever pops out to me or inspires me. If I could have a production team going and kind of mix records with me, that would be cool; to take the records and have them sound the way I want them to sound. But I'd rather sort though music to find them things. "

" People who actually have money don't want to talk about it. They want to talk about everything else. "

" I had to overcome challenge after challenge in order to take my life from nothing to living my dreams. "

" I wanted to do something as an extension of my passion for music. My aim for the STREET by 50 On-Ear Wired Headphone range is to present music as it's meant to be heard, in studio-mastered sound. "

" A recession is predominantly for the middle class. Where I come from, the majority of people have always lived in a recession. "

" You learn a lot about yourself when you have success for a while. Like, a lot of things that you think are really important aren't. But you need that process. "

" You know how a person is made for something? Eminem is made for hip-hop. The best rapper is a white man. "

" I think it's easier for the general public to embrace me in a negative way. You have people who already have a perception of me that says I'm a bad person. "

Curtis Jackson

People

Perception

" My new music video, 'My Life' featuring Eminem and Adam Levine, the only person in the actual video who you can physically make out besides myself and Adam Levine is Andre Dirrell. "

" Because hip-hop has no requirements, you deal with people that have the least intelligence on the planet. Some of the people that compare themselves to me, compare themselves to me because they rap and I rap. They can't even read the contracts that they sign to be a rapper, to do the deal. "

Curtis Jackson

People

You

" Since I did the SK Project and I partner with the United Nations World Food Program, I got a lot of different feedback from people online. Through social networks and through the Twitter. I read the comments and see 'em saying, 'People hungry here, Fif.' "

" I'll have long, straight hair, like down to my back, when I go to Heaven. And I'm not even going to work out, but I'll be in shape. It's a whole new program up there. "

" Chris Lighty was a huge portion of my actual career. It's difficult to adjust to not have someone around that's in your life, in your life. "

" Eating well was something I learned as I started to be successful and had to travel and perform concerts, which are an intense cardio workout. "

" I think I'll be going to Heaven, because I had good intentions. But my actions are another thing. "

" Out of frustration, I say things. Now, people listen to me so much I can say it under my breath and everybody hears me... I said in the past that I'm a work in progress, and I feel like I'm progressing. "

" I don't display emotions. I have every feeling that everyone else has, but I've developed ways to suppress them. Anger is one of my most comfortable feelings. "

" I started hustling at 12, my mother hustled ahead of me. I was only allowed to because they knew me. "

Curtis Jackson

Only

Mother

" I just feel really good about my accomplishments. I haven't had, like, a party because a deal goes through or something like that. I don't know. I need to develop that - I need to have something that I do when things go right. "

" Some people are born with very little; some are fortunate enough to have it all. When I grew up, we didn't have much. I had to hustle to get what I wanted... but I had that hunger for more. I didn't always make the right choices, but I learned from my mistakes. "

" My grandmother, she's been the positive portion of my life the entire time. She raised us Baptist, and when I got old enough to say I didn't want to go to church, she didn't force me. She was cool. "

Curtis Jackson

Life

Cool

" Obama is for same-sex marriage. If the president is saying that, then who am I to go the other way? "

" Every day, families in Africa go without food and water, never knowing when their next meal might be; but we can change that if we all work together. In order to make a difference, every purchase of my new energy shot, Street King, will provide a meal for a child in need. "