Stay focused, go after your dreams and keep moving toward your goals.

To me, my peers are Bruce Springsteen and Mick Jagger. I’m not talking age-wise, but in terms of careers. Madonna. Those are my peers. And I’m okay with that.

I love my fans, I love my music – I have no reason to retire.

I don’t look back. I don’t live my life in the rear-view mirror because, if you do, you’re bound to end up wrapped around a pole somewhere.

I’m a real person that cares about his art and cares about what he’s doing. I have a heart and a soul and I want to touch people and give.

You don’t need to be the good guy to get a good message out.

Art is about imagination. When you look at a picture from Salvador Dali, that’s about imagination. When you look at Picasso, that’s about imagination. Doing stuff from your heart.

When adversity strikes, that’s when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.

If you do cardio one day and the next day you can do weights, do it that way. If you need to do it at night or in the morning, do it that way. Whatever...

Let me tell you something – compared to a TV-drama production schedule, touring is not strenuous.

Dreams don’t have deadlines. I’m thinking of doing bigger and better things and having more fun with it.

To know the rules of the game, you have to be educated.

God blesses us all with different views and perspectives and levels of influence and power.

I feel like my peers now are artists like Madonna and the Stones, Michael Jackson and Prince. These are people who were able to take their careers beyond the normal here-today-gone-tomorrow life span.

I think fitness is important. I think a healthy lifestyle is important. I think putting positive energy out there is important and just staying connected with the people.

I do about 90 percent of my own stunts, and the things I can’t do for insurance reasons, like swinging out of a flying helicopter, I wouldn’t want to do anyway.

I am artistic so I reserve the right to change my mind at any point. I just like to do different things. What is more important than the name is that people know that I...

I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free.

As a black man, my hope is that I can touch more and more people all over the world of different races and different colours.

I just look at the high and bright side of things.

I think the key to working out is for people to think of water – just allow the workouts to fill out the cracks in your lives and seep into wherever you can fit it...

Sometimes you’ve just got to grab an apple – or grapes, or strawberries. Something that’s healthy but maybe a little bit more adventurous, if you can see fruit as adventurous.

I don’t wanna abandon my identity as LL Cool J, but at the same time, I had to figure out how to let people know that I’m really serious about making these movies.

I just like to do different things. What is more important than the name is that people know that I really like acting, I enjoy it and I want people to know that I am...

I am a real person that cares about his art and cares about what he’s doing – I have a heart and a soul and want to touch people and give.

Sometimes altering your position is the right thing. Sometimes it’s not.

I was listening to Jimi Hendrix; I just admire his artistry and creativity as an artist.

I think the stuff that plays on the radio, the majority of it is for teenagers, which is okay. That’s what pop radio is about. And some of it is great, and some of it...

Our world is at the crossroads. We have a choice, right and wrong.

I’m good at what I do, but I wouldn’t be so bold and arrogant as to say something disrespectful about, say, Eminem. He’s talented and he’s good at what he does.

I’ve been training as an actor for six years. Nobody goes to acting school for six years. I mean, the college course is only four years! I absolutely trained.

I’m not giving up my history and what I’ve done in my music because I love it and I’m very proud of it. I just want to open it up for more people.

I think I’m the best, of course. How could I not?

We’re going to raise a lot of money for cancer awareness, give some to the American Cancer Society and hopefully make a big difference.

We need to make sure that there’s art in the school. Why? Why should art be in the school? Because if art isn’t in a school, then a guy like Steve Jobs doesn’t get a...

Do what you love; you’ll be better at it. It sounds pretty simple, but you’d be surprised how many people don’t get this one right away.

The person that made me want to make movies, and the reason I do films, is Bruce Lee. He was an incredible actor, and he had a lot of charisma. Handsome, action, you know, everything...

The people who go get an LL album want to hear LL. They don’t want to hear LL trying to sound like DMX or whoever else is out there. That’s not what they want to...

Stand up and face your fears, or they will defeat you.

What you do in your art – TV, music, film stuff – touches people. And they want to touch you. So that’s a blessing. I’m okay with it.

What I don’t do is try to like become whoever I’m rapping with. The people who go get an LL album want to hear LL.

That’s one of the good things about music. You get to do it live, where you can touch the people and interact with them.

I am what I am, I’m doing very well in my life, and I’m thankful to God for that.

What I say on a record and what I say off a record is two different things. And that’s always been the case. There’s a difference between confidence on a record and arrogance.

The secret to it all is just to enjoy what you’re doing. This is not working at the coal face, this is not sweeping behind a restaurant. It’s work, but it’s not work. It gives...

I’m not trying to be new school and I’m not old school – I’m classic. There’s a lot of new cars and there’s a lot of old cars, but I’m just classic in doing what...

I try to do the right thing with money. Save a dollar here and there, clip some coupons. Buy ten gold chains instead of 20. Four summer homes instead of eight.

I only do what comes from the heart.

I think in order to keep America great, we have to keep America creative.

You’ve got to stay focused without being boring – because all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Skinny, but dull.