I never really considered myself super hip-hop, ever in life. I don't think anything that I've done reflects that.

Everything that scared me is losing people I love, and everyone that I really love, as it relates to females, I've lost. So what it's made me be is the animal that I am because I don't want to sit down and think about the things that are hurting me, but, you know.

I lost my girl a couple years back, Aaliyah, in a plane crash. I wasn't expecting that, and also, my mother died, and at the time, my father wasn't in my life; the only person that took care of me was my mom.

The reason why Roc-A-Fella crossed and became so essential to pop culture is that we were probably the most authentic people that were also so sophisticated.

When you're a business man, you have a lot of businesses, a lot of times they think you're laundering money or you're pretending you're writing things off that you don't.

I'm a true businessman.

I think that the better sign of an OG is when he's happy that the person that he raised got bigger than him and in a position where they could help.

I had to architect my life where I could raise my children.

I don't see the reason for sugar coating anything.

Look at my life. I ain't got nothing to be mad about.

I believe in therapy, and I believe an objective opinion sometimes helps you be a better person.

I try to get to the gym at least three to four times a week.

I work hard, so I surround myself with people that work just as hard. It's important if you want to create a successful brand.

My delivery can be intense, but it's intense because I need to be heard. I know that people don't usually listen, as it relates to constructive criticism, without getting offended. So, I speak my mind with an attitude that I don't care if you get offended; I just want you to get the message.

I always approach logic without emotion. The math always equals the math. Regardless of whether I discovered the math before anyone else, or I just decided to accept it, I know what logically makes sense, and I'm going to speak on it every time.

Just cause you don't agree with a man, 'cause you're black, don't mean you gotta fight, argue. You just have a different perspective.

Everyone I put in business, I must've taught them something. They all have reaped the benefits of it. A lot of them haven't done right by me, but it's all gravy.

It's hard not to be confident when you put in business the biggest black male in comedy, Kevin Hart. I know I took him off a stage and put him in his first four movies. I know I did that.

I was in 'Fiesta,' but only because Aaliyah said she wanted me to do it that way.

If you remember 'The Best of Both Worlds,' you don't see my name on that... I never wanted no part of that.

My thing is to have a good, profitable company, for it to be 100% owned independently.

I'm gonna direct, like, a real movie. At least an hour and some change.

I fire lawyers frequently.

Those people are corny. You think I'm rolling to a club with Lyor Cohen or John Meneilly?