LL Cool J

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

“I love my fans, I love my music - I have no reason to retire.”

“Hip-hop can be limiting and I refuse to accept limits.”

“I only do what comes from the heart.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“Once you achieve one goal, you should be looking forward to trying to build onto the next thing, and not just getting comfortable with what you're doing.”

“I don't have an image that I'm trying to, like, portray. I'm just being me.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Sometimes altering your position is the right thing. Sometimes it's not.”

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

“Hip-hop's always reached out to kids. If you look at the last 10 big albums it might seem ironic. But when I look at the history of this music it's always had a lot of positivity.”

“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.”

“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.”

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