"The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit."

"Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make."

"He who knows how will always work for he who knows why."

"Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it."

"The world's a stage, and I want the brightest spot."

"The light you see at the end of the tunnel is the front of an oncoming train."

"I used to have a drug problem, now I make enough money."

"Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos."

"When you get something like MTV, it's like regular television. You get it, and at first it's novel and brand new and then you watch every channel, every show. And then you become a little more selective and more selective, until ultimately... you wind up with a radio."

"You stick your head above the crowd and attract attention and sometimes somebody will throw a rock at you. That's the territory. You buy the land, you get the Indians."

"People ask me how far I've come. And I tell them twelve feet: from the audience to the stage."