Quotes from Fat Joe

I don't rate Heat fans like I rate Knicks fans. We are true basketball fans. No matter what - rain, sleet or snow, or even if we don't make it to the playoffs for 10 years - the Garden stands are still full.

I'm trying to get in where I fit in and take it to the next level.

All I know is stars and hits, you know what I mean? I don't just sign a guy because he has a hot record. I sign a guy because he's a star. He's a pillar of the community.

The hip hop industry is most likely owned by gays. I happen to think there's a gay mafia in hip hop. Not rappers - the editorial presidents of magazines, the PDs at radio stations, the people who give you awards at award shows.

As long as you get your education and you stay focused, you can do anything.

Any time Khaled comes to your video, it just steps it up that much more. He's so fun; people love him.

When it's all said and done, I want to look back on my career and say I did numerous things.

Culturally, the arts of Puerto Rico is really unmatched by any other island.

I was really from the streets, and I really did hustle in a major way. When I got my record deal, I left the streets alone as far as hustling. I never, ever hustled again. I said, 'I'm gonna change my life, I'm going legit. This is where I'm at.'

After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.

Fat Joe ain't out here trying to battle-rap everybody in the world. That's not what I'm about.

My parents are overweight, and I think the biggest problem we have in America is a lack of education. The place to start is with parents and teaching them to cook healthier.

I'm known to be hands on 100%. I don't know any other way to be than a leader by example.

Donald Trump, you already know. We can't have that guy in office.

It feels as if I never get my just due.

Who you know, 10 albums later, get better than he's ever been before? It's hard. To come from all this huge success like a 'What's Love,' and a 'Lean Back,' then take it back to the street with 'The Darkside.'

Food is like a legal drug. You can take 50 cents and walk into the store and buy a Twinkie and get high. And it's killing people.