A biography for Nick Cannonhasn’t been written yet.
“If you want to be in the automotive business, you go to Detroit, and you figure it out. If you want to be in entertainment, go to where it's at. Go to Hollywood, go to New York.”
“Mariah's fashion game is definitely on a different level than mine. She actually knows Roberto Cavalli and Dolce & Gabbana. I didn't know those people actually existed; I thought they were just names.”
“I was rapping at eight.”
“Hunger is a deep concern of mine, and I feel that no one should go without food in this world as long as there are caring people to lend a hand. I've had to struggle in my past and I know what it's like to go without, so I try to do as much as I can to help bring awareness to an issue that hits very close to home for me.”
“People have always said I have an old soul, and all my best friends are 10 to 15 years my senior.”
“I just work - however people feel about it, I mean, at the end of the day, if I'm waiting for accolades, I could be waiting all my life, but I don't need that stuff to validate me. I just do what makes me happy.”
“Family is always first.”
“I am not worthy to be on a Mariah Carey record. She's a true artist, so I just step back and watch the genius occur.”
“There's so many people that follow the trend, and then it gets to a point where it gets a little stale. So, in music; I mean, whoever's the new trendsetter, that's who people follow.”
“We are already expected to be the goodie two shoes. I went through that during my junior high schools where I wasn't allowed to watch television. I wasn't allowed to listen to the radio.”
“I want to be there for my children. You want to make sure you're alive more than anything.”
“To be compared to Will Smith is probably one of the coolest things because that's who I came up admiring.”
“I think my kids give mommy more attention than they give me.”
“A lot of people don't know the first time I was ever on national television I was a 'Soul Train' dancer.”
“To me, a forever love is a bond that can't be broken.”
“I think I'm actually built for fatherhood. I love to have a good time and play, but at the same time I've got a really serious side to me, and I think that's the balance you have to have. Get on your kids' level, but at any point in time, let them know who the parent is.”
“I was actually raised around a lot of children. So, I'm very comfortable around children.”
“I love 'Wild 'N Out' so much - one, because it's my baby, but also I get to see others succeed and go on to lead their own careers.”
“I always try to be optimistic, but not to the point where I'm getting on people's nerves.”
“I'm so into playing different characters, even when I was on Nickelodeon. I just observe.”