I would never want a book's autograph. I am a proud non-reader of books.

I am not a fan of books.

Know your worth! People always act like they're doing more for you than you're doing for them.

I still think I am the greatest.

I hate the way they portray us in the media. If you see a black family it says they're looting, if you see a white family it says they're looking for food.

I can always tell if a band has a British rhythm section due to the gritty production.

I was never really good at anything except for the ability to learn.

Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.

I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but the thing that broke my heart most was when they said, 'You're finished. The shoe's finished.'

Fashion breaks my heart.

The concept of commercialism in the fashion and art world is looked down upon. You know, just to think, 'What amount of creativity does it take to make something that masses of people like?' And, 'How does creativity apply across the board?'

Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.

Black people can be the most conservative, the most discriminating. Especially among ourselves. It wasn't white people who said all black men have to wear baggy jeans.

I'm pretty calculating. I take stuff that I know appeals to people's bad sides and match it up with stuff that appeals to their good sides.

I didn't want to play it boring and safe. I also didn't want to innovate too much. Second albums, man, they're even scarier than first ones.

But for me to have the opportunity to stand in front of a bunch of executives and present myself, I had to hustle in my own way. I can't tell you how frustrating it was that they didn't get that. No joke - I'd leave meetings crying all the time.

It was a strike against me that I didn't wear baggy jeans and jerseys and that I never hustled, never sold drugs.

People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.

I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.

If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food.

This dark diction has become America's addiction.

George Bush doesn't care about black people.

They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?

I know I got angels watchin me from the other side.