Quotes from Curtis Jackson

Since I did the SK Project and I partner with the United Nations World Food Program, I got a lot of different feedback from people online. Through social networks and through the Twitter. I read the comments and see 'em saying, 'People hungry here, Fif.'

I'M PISSIN' ON GROWN WOMEN. R. KELLY DO IT TO CHILDREN.

I started hustling at 12, my mother hustled ahead of me. I was only allowed to because they knew me.

When I'm actually creating music, I try not to listen to the hip-hop records that are going on, because I think, subconsciously, we steal from each other.

I think either you're creative or you're not. In general, I don't think you need to be in pain to actually be creative unless you're writing love songs. Then you might need to have some ups and downs within your emotions to start to capture that.

At that age, it's one of the worse things in the world to wake up and not see your bike where you left it.

I like generals. I like Napoleon. I like strategy. The majority of them are praised for mass destruction, but it's exciting to see how it comes to the mind mentally.

The importance of 'Dream School' is monumental. Helping to inspire these students to reach their potential is personally gratifying.

In Hollywood they say there's no business like show business. In the hood they say there's no business like ho' business.

If I don't make music I'm going back to the hood. I'll sell crack. I'm gonna go back to sell crack if I can't make it in the music business and that's what I was doing before that.

When I reached the top in business, I adjusted to my new position – I became bolder and crazier than before. And I listened even less to people who tried to slow me down.

In business there's people who have talent and there's people whose talent is to take advantage of people who have talent.

Stay to yourself, just listen. Do more listening than talking. The more you speak the higher the chances you sayin the wrong thing.

I just feel really good about my accomplishments. I haven't had, like, a party because a deal goes through or something like that. I don't know. I need to develop that - I need to have something that I do when things go right.

My new music video, 'My Life' featuring Eminem and Adam Levine, the only person in the actual video who you can physically make out besides myself and Adam Levine is Andre Dirrell.

My confidence allows me to do things my way and help people make a decision. People like the idea of me just being me.

When I have conversations with people, for some strange reason they think I'm gonna die and they're not. But you know what? Death means nothing to me.

I never allowed my fear to limit me.

If you consider yourself a part of the culture, then finances can't allow you to be bigger than the actual art form.

You grimy as birds shittin' on the top of ya Fords.

I love you like a fat kid love cake.

If you're not doin anything and you don't have goals and you got nothing to do then you might as well go jump off something, you just wasting the air.