DMX

“I've got fans and letters from Israel, France Germany, Sweden, London, Africa. They all saying pretty much the same thing, 'Yo, we love you, we need you, put some more music out, please!'”

“I'm glad that young black people are successful with the music. I'm not a hater.”

“There shouldn't be any violence in hip-hop. You're getting free clothes. Basically, it's free money.”

“The day I will never forget is the day I married my wife, Tashera. Tashera is so special to my boys and me. Her energy is enough to put anyone on a cloud. Her dedication and care gives me comfort and ease.”

“I've done gospel songs on every album.”

“I'm used to driving fast; I'm a New Yorker.”

“I don't like anything about Drake.”

“I don't have to be working on an album to record a song.”

“When you happy, you get locked in sleep. You get sleepy happy. I always wanna be on point. I always wanna be aware.”

“I know I may have done some bad things, but I'm not a bad person.”

“I'm a King. Regardless of what I've been through and what I've done, I present myself as a King. And I get that respect from people, from everybody I deal with. I worked my whole life to establish that respect and make sure I get that respect.”

“I just find myself happy with the simple things. Appreciating the blessings God gave me.”

“One thing about being a celebrity that I learned a long time ago was that I pretty much gave up the right to fair treatment.”

“You can't call any one person the devil. Because no one person has the power to be the devil.”

“To me, it isn't tight sweaters. That's not what rap is. That's not hip-hop at all. Every phase went through changing up their dress styles and all that, but since Run DMC came out, it's been baggy jeans.”

“There's a difference between violence and senseless violence.”

“My mom put me away at 7. I enjoyed it... Being in institutions, I got three meals a day, clothes.”

“I don't walk around big headed. I'm not a superstar.”

“A lot of artists that I've met let me know they're huge fans of mine.”

“I like L.A., I like the fans, I like to come out here to work.”