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.