LL Cool J (James Todd Smith) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I know politics and politicians are hated, but I still believe in goodness of a heart that has selfless intentions. With the grace of God, I will make a difference.
-
In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death.
-
All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without ill effect. No one can write knowingly of the weather who walks bent over on wet days.
-
One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
-
I know I can act. There aren't too many other jobs I know how to do.
-
Martin Scorsese, everything he does, I've got to see. And Jack Nicholson, I've got to see what he does.
-
It's common in rural Ireland to pick up a nickname that relates to an animal, bird, or a spider. Mine became 'scorpion' because I fought back, and scorpions are docile creatures until pushed too far.
-
Our ability to perceive the world around us seems so effortless that we tend to take it for granted.
-
Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another guy with a lip twitch - unless he's Humphrey Bogart.
-
I've always been acutely aware of differences and the way you are supposed to act if you want to be popular.
-
Only bad writers think they're good.
-
Political rhetoric leads only to confusion.
-
Nashville is a lot like my hometown. You learn so quickly once someone hears something about you or sees something, everybody talks about it at dinner. They know your business, so people tend to be more private and not to throw themselves into everyone's faces.
-
I would only lose weight if it affected my health or sex life, which it doesn't.
-
You make me feel like a natural man
-
I want an autobiography without revealing any personal information.
-
We think he has great flexibility for us.
-
It is when Pirates count their booty that they become mere thieves.
-
I'm in my dressing room about to play to a sold-out crowd at the O2 arena in Ireland. Name a female rapper who's ever done that and I will give you $100,000.
-
My life after childhood has two main stories: the story of the hustler and the story of the rapper, and the two overlap as much as they diverge. I was on the streets for more than half of my life from the time I was thirteen years old. People sometimes say that now I'm so far away from that life - now that I've got businesses and Grammys and magazine covers - that I have no right to rap about it. But how distant is the story of your own life ever going to be? The feelings I had during that part of my life were burned into me like a brand. It was life during wartime.
-
Adolescents are still children in that they can't yet tell the difference between make believe and fiction.
-
Innovation, born from true creativity, depends on movement.
-
I'm not just a rapper. I'm an entertainer. That's the difference.
