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" I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is. There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And that's what it's all about in the end - everybody being happy and working it out. "

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" I'm not talking about Russia in my music. I've never been to Russia. I'm not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China. I'm talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life. "

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" I can't control what people think. They know who I am. "

" N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new - that's what New York is about... New. "

" When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I've seen out there, you know, the things that's out there that ain't good for her. It's a crazy world we live in. "

" I think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can't ask for more than that. "

" The flaws, the mistakes I make - that's the real me. "

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" GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she's fearless and she's ahead of the game. She's ahead of the entire game, and I admire that. "

" Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist. "

" To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets. "

" Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them. "

" Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight. "

" Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun. My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what's me. "

" Your look reflects what's happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you. "

" Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you. It speaks to your livelihood and it's not compromised. It's blunt. It's raw, straight off the street - from the beat to the voice to the words. "

" The sound of the '90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street - it's a feeling. "

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" I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better. "

" Hip-hop artists, especially the older ones, are the ones who knew hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new. "

" 'Life Is Good' represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life. "

" I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do. "

" Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle. "

" I see N.Y. hip-hop like I see N.Y. streets. N.Y. streets are grimy; it's a grind. N.Y. rappers are hustlers - whatever sound is in, we can adapt to that; there's nothing wrong with that. "

" I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through. "

" There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn't know how many people would respect it. "

" I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means - I love art. "

" 'Stillmatic' is the rebirth of 'Illmatic,' my first debut album to come out in 1994. 'Stillmatic' is me coming full circle in my career and with everything, and just bringing pure hip-hop back. "

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" My record company had to beg me to stop filmin' music videos in the projects. No matter what the song was about, I had 'em out there. "

" Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it's time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up. "

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" I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future. I'm a big fan of Common. I'm a big fan of Scarface; I'm a big fan of so many people, from Jeezy to... well, there are a lot of people's music that I respect. I don't know who I will collaborate with, but there's a great chance of something happening. "

" Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence. Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate... I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it. "

" I'll always love rap, no matter what's going on. "