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" I was listening to Jimi Hendrix; I just admire his artistry and creativity as an artist. "

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" 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. "

Do What You Love

" You've got to stay focused without being boring - because all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Skinny, but dull. "

" What I don't do is try to like become whoever I'm rapping with. The people who go get an LL album want to hear LL. "

" Hip-hop can be limiting and I refuse to accept limits. "

" I'm not trying to keep up or adapt. I'm allowing myself to grow, evolve and create new music. "

" People will feel the way they feel. "

" If you do cardio one day and the next day you can do weights, do it that way. If you need to do it at night or in the morning, do it that way. Whatever you need to get it done, just get it done. "

" The people who go get an LL album want to hear LL. They don't want to hear LL trying to sound like DMX or whoever else is out there. That's not what they want to hear from me, because if they want to hear that they can go get the real thing. "

" Art is about imagination. When you look at a picture from Salvador Dali, that's about imagination. When you look at Picasso, that's about imagination. Doing stuff from your heart. "

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

" Sometimes altering your position is the right thing. Sometimes it's not. "

The Right Thing

" Timing has a lot to with art. "

" 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. "

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

" I think the key to working out is for people to think of water - just allow the workouts to fill out the cracks in your lives and seep into wherever you can fit it in. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Sometimes you've just got to grab an apple - or grapes, or strawberries. Something that's healthy but maybe a little bit more adventurous, if you can see fruit as adventurous. "

" I am what I am, I'm doing very well in my life, and I'm thankful to God for that. "

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

" I don't wanna abandon my identity as LL Cool J, but at the same time, I had to figure out how to let people know that I'm really serious about making these movies. "

" 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 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. "

" 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 think I'm the best, of course. How could I not? "

" What I say on a record and what I say off a record is two different things. And that's always been the case. There's a difference between confidence on a record and arrogance. "

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

" 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. "