Quotes from Big Daddy Kane

Premo is one of those producers that I've always had a lot of respect for. I've always thought that he's just extremely talented. More importantly, he's one of those dudes that just sticks to his formula, like if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I made songs in the late '90s and the early new millennium that didn't succeed very well, but songs that I made in the late '80s, early '90s, they stood the test of time. I respect those songs for keeping me relevant.

I love old school music, that's just always been my thing.

When you teach her that hoe mentality, they accept that as reality.

I remember Luther Vandross had turned me on to Versace in 1990. I remember a girl ironing the jeans for me and she was, like, 'What the hell are these? What's Vercayce?'

You know for some strange reason I like to write the verse first. I mean I know the majority of people do the chorus first and when I think about it, I guess it does make more sense to do the chorus first, but I just like to write the verses first, I don't know why.

Being acknowledged as one of the best is enough for me.

Once you appreciate an art form, you're open to everything.

Plenty poisoned minds of the people are ours. Slaves, from mental death.

Me personally, I think that when I take my time with something, it comes out a lot better, because I can really, really get my point across, and if I see that like, this might be a little too deep, I figure out a way to dumb it down so that everybody can understand where I'm going.

I have my views, and I'm always willing to share them.

I respect artists that know how to be artists, that know how to create their own lane and make people respect them for who they are and what they represent.

I'm just glad that people look at me as a legend.

I wasn't one of those artists where people throw my song and just dance to it. People actually listened to the lyrics.

I have a lot of love for Long Island.

I just think it was because I was known as a lyricist that's what people only wanted to hear that from me. If you're an artist you have to expand, you have to grow.

When somebody tells me, 'The Source magazine had you in the Top 5 emcees,' I'm like, 'Okay, that's cool.' The other four may not be who I consider dope emcees.

I won't say I'm the baddest, or portray that role, But I'm in the top 2, and my father's gettin' old.

If you are what you eat then feed me dope.

Stepping to me? Yo, that's the wrong move. So what you on, hobbs, dope or dog food?