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" 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. "

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" 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. "

LL Cool J

I Am

Sorry

Man

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

" Once the referee throws the ball in the air, it's either your ball or their ball and you have to just take your shot. "

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

" 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. "

" The nature of the game is pain. "

" 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. "

LL Cool J

Become

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

LL Cool J

Peers

Okay

" 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 just like to do different things. What is more important than the name is that people know that I really like acting, I enjoy it and I want people to know that I am serious. "

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

" 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. "

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

" When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on. "

" What I like to do is just make good music, good movies, hopefully perform a good show full of energy and just have some fun. "

" Dreams don't have deadlines. I'm thinking of doing bigger and better things and having more fun with it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

LL Cool J

Energy

Grateful

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

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

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

LL Cool J

Image

Being

" I've never been one to have to manipulate women. I always want it to be like a mutual thing, like everybody loves everybody. "

LL Cool J

Been

Always

" Stand up and face your fears, or they will defeat you. "

" 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. "

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