Quotes from Jadakiss

Life is short, tomorrow's not promised, so to be there with my kids, and do things with them, and go on family vacations - this is more valuable than anything.

That's one thing I learned from B.I.G. He was always heavy on versatility. I'm able to take an R&B record and rip it the same way I rip a regular freestyle or a hardcore beat, be able to put that same twang and seasoning on anything you do.

I would tell a young Jadakiss, learn the game as much as you learn how to rap, as seriously you take a 16-bar verse, take every contract and every meeting and every opportunity to listen and learn, you know what I'm saying. Keep that at a parallel.

Some dudes get stubborn and get characterized as, you know, you getting a couple of dollars, selling a couple records, your flow is alright and the people got you gassed, and then you start putting yourself in a bubble and you don't want to blend in with the new and what's going on.

With me having this raspy voice, people always asked when I was going to sing on a song. When I was going at it with 50, people were saying I don't sing on my own hooks. That always stuck in my head and people always told me I had to use my own voice not just to rap.

Having Styles and Sheek as my brothers and my partners makes it easier to work with anybody 'cause that's the bar of bars right there. Being in the sandwich of them two, you can throw me in the cage with lions and I'll feel comfortable because everyday I'm at bloodsport with them.

You can be a video vixen and be snobby, or you can be a college girl and be snobby, or you can be vice versa and down-to-earth. It depends really on the personality of the individual. I don't judge.

Videos is the worst. Let me make it clear: Videos suck. It sucks making a video. It's happy when it's over and edited and online, but making it, it ain't really too much fun.

I'm a perfect driver.

I see a lot of dudes that don't take care of their families. I always said I wouldn't never be like that.

If there's five dudes on a song, probably three of them are only really good.

My songs never really reach the ears of white America.

You can't mix your personal feelings up with your job or it'll hurt you in the long run.

That's one of the luxuries of being able to do mixtapes, it's that you can do something different or you can do anything you want to do, how you're feeling at the time.

If life's a gamble well fu.. it I got bank.