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" 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. "

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" 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. "

LL Cool J

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

LL Cool J

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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. "

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

" I'm not just a rapper. I'm an entertainer. That's the difference. "

" Timing has a lot to with art. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" I'm good at what I do, but I wouldn't be so bold and arrogant as to say something disrespectful about, say, Eminem. He's talented and he's good at what he does. "

LL Cool J

Bold

Good

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

" 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. "

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

" I've got to see my movie to see how I'm acting, see what little things I can learn about my craft. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "