Coolio

“If it wasn't for the military I probably would not have ever come to Bosnia for vacation.”

“I'm innocent. I've done nothing. I'm a nice guy.”

“I came to Baku the same way I would go to Texas - because they asked me to come and play hip hop.”

“Let me tell you the truth: I'm 45 years old. I never thought that I would live to see a black president.”

“We take pride in what we do.”

“I'm actually a little bit more tolerant than I thought I was. I've got kids, so I do have a lot of faces.”

“I've been rapping since 1979.”

“I love cartoons. I'm just a big kid.”

“I'm never doing a new album. I'll probably do nothing but singles. I'm as good as anybody out there lyrically and conceptually and can go toe to toe with the best of them throughout history. But I don't know how much longer I'll be doing it. It's not really fun anymore.”

“Acting is all about timing. I mean, who has better timing than the MCs?”

“I'm a winner; I win most of the time. But in order to be a winner, you have to lose some of the time. I'm a terrible loser.”

“Throughout my rapping career, I always cooked for myself and anyone I worked with. It's what actually kept me grounded through those crazy years.”

“I don't do concept records anymore - I just prefer doing good songs.”

“I perform for soldiers because they are important.”

“I just think it's my responsibility as a human being and an entertainer to see the soldiers.”

“I finished the movie a month ago in downtown Los Angeles. I had a lot of fun doing it.”

“Because I'm a young black man driving a really nice, expensive car, I sometimes get harassed when I'm rolling through a ghetto neighbourhood.”

“I'm still waiting for someone to call me to cater their wedding. But that's gonna cost you. If you want my cousin Jerez to play the sax, that's going to cost you a little more. The sky's the limit after that.”

“I want to provide a well-rounded perspective of life.”

“I come from the golden age of hip hop when all the greats came on the scene.”