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That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.
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Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records.
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I was taught when there's somethin' you can change around keep quiet, you got nothin' to complain about.
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I don't have advice for people on how to dress. People should dress based on what they find beautiful. My best advice: Keep your clothes clean.
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I ain't no perfect man I'm tryna do the best that I can with what it is I have.
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I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.
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I'm not shy about heated debate or passionate discourse, but when people get crazy or rude, that's a buzz kill. There's got to be a better code of conduct, some basic etiquette.
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Michael Jordan on the court is a completely different guy. If the play requires him to leap out all the way and grab the ball, that's what he'll do. He may be a completely shy, withdrawn sort of person [off the court].
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I give a damn if any fan recalls my legacy, I'm trying to live life in the sight of GOD's memory.
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Hip-hop is rock & roll. What the hell is Wu-Tang but Motorhead?
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Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.
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We can be beautiful and feel beautiful about who we are everyday.
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I'm a passionate person. I'm a lot of things, like most people are. Most people are dynamic. The focus is not on me though, I'm a screen. The aim is to always keep myself in the position where the screen is clear.
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Yo, it's 1 universal law but 2 sides to every story, 3 strikes and you be in for life, mandatory. 4 MC's murdered in the last 4 years, I ain't tryin to be the 5th one, the Millennium is here. Yo, it's 6 million ways to die, from the 7 deadly thrills, 8-year olds gettin' found with 9 mill's. It's 10 P.M., where your seeds at? What's the deal?
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It’s one thing to be the greatest; it’s another thing to be necessary. The best are the most necessary: those who take less than they give and love more than they hate.
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I thought everybody got into rock 'n' roll because they didn't want to follow instructions.
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Hip-Hop went from selling crack to smoking it
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All the things that are worth doing, take time.
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Every time you ask yourself where hip-hop's going, ask yourself where you're going; how are you doing?
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There's just some dysfunctionalism with artists.
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We blasted holes in the night until she bled sunshine
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I guess something that you love to do, you gotta ease up off it and give it a little space, come back and be fresh to it.
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Everything's got space between it, the planets, trees, your eyes. Your eyes get too close together, it's a whole different world. You can lose perspective.
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People don't like the music that's out now, that's on their radio stations, and they want to hear something different, but they're just the audience. You know, people will keep the TV on even if a show is on that they hate - because, unfortunately, they've been programmed to do that. [But] they are really looking for something that's gonna speak to the world that they're living in. That's what people are looking for, but they're not finding it.
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