Quotes from LL Cool J

To know the rules of the game, you have to be educated.

The nature of the game is pain.

You can't let your past hold your future hostage.

How dare you ever in ya life walk past me without acknowledging their man as God.

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.

You got a man? That's somethin we will talk about. He's smart enough to have ya, but dumb enough to let ya out.

I'm not trying to keep up or adapt. I'm allowing myself to grow, evolve and create new music.

That's one of the good things about music. You get to do it live, where you can touch the people and interact with them.

Money is small and the soul stands tall. All those who don't realize this, fall.

I think that politics could be a positive thing. My beef is that people focus on the personal aspect of a politician too much. They should focus on the results.

What I like to do is just make good music, good movies, hopefully perform a good show full of energy and just have some fun.

You don't need to be the good guy to get a good message out.

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 think I'm the best, of course. How could I not?

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'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.

Pleasure unparalleled, into the ocean of love we fell. Swimming in the timeless currents of pure bliss, fantasies interchanging with every kiss.

Gain some knowledge. If not from the Bible or Koran, get a book from college.

At fourteen, I started sending out demo tapes.

We're going to raise a lot of money for cancer awareness, give some to the American Cancer Society and hopefully make a big difference.

If you do cardio one day and the next day you can do weights, do it that way. If you need to do it at night or in the morning, do it that way. Whatever you need to get it done, just get it done.

I think the stuff that plays on the radio, the majority of it is for teenagers, which is okay. That's what pop radio is about. And some of it is great, and some of it is not.

I am what I am, I'm doing very well in my life, and I'm thankful to God for that.

Nobody is perfect, but life is about choices.