A biography for Cooliohasn’t been written yet.
“People treat me nice 'cos I treat them nice.”
“When my mother first passed away some time ago, I didn't enjoy food anymore. I just ate to live. My mother had always cooked so well that I didn't think I could follow her.”
“I never let any of my sons beat me at videogames.”
“I know I'm just one man trying to do one thing, and the next day is not promised to any man. I'm very humble.”
“I'd only do Big Brother again if you paid me three times as much money.”
“'Gangsta rap' is a derogatory label.”
“But when I really look back on my life, being really honest about it and now that I've got the chance to travel the world, seeing how a lot of little kids grow up - my life wasn't so bad.”
“I started cooking from watching my mom. My mother was a really, really great cook.”
“I've basically got an album full of singles.”
“As much as I would like to be the one who saved hip-hop culture, it's pretty much nigh-on impossible.”
“I think anybody can cook if they take the time.”
“Life is too short to not have fun; we are only here for a short time compared to the sun and the moon and all that.”
“'Shaka' is my catchphrase. Emeril got 'bam,' I got 'Shaka.'”
“I don't consider myself a gangsta rapper. But I'm probably more qualified to be a gangsta rapper than people who call themselves that. I've been through that life.”
“I have seven children. Even if you got a lot of money, feeding 5, 6, 7, 8 mouths, it will do some damage to your pocket.”
“I wasn't driving down the wrong side of the street, smoking marijuana, waving my gun out the window.”
“I was hungry a coupla' times but for the most part I ate every day... I got to go to school for free.”