Quotes from Coolio

When my mother first passed away some time ago, I didn't enjoy food anymore. I just ate to live. My mother had always cooked so well that I didn't think I could follow her.

I'd only do Big Brother again if you paid me three times as much money.

Why are we so blind to see that the only ones we hurt are you and me?

If knowledge is power and power is knowledge, then how so many idiots be graduating from college?

Gather up your pity and turn it to ambition.

I'd be a fool to surrender, when I know I can be a contender. And if everyone's a contender, then everyone could be a winner.

I have seven children. Even if you got a lot of money, feeding 5, 6, 7, 8 mouths, it will do some damage to your pocket.

I don't do concept records anymore - I just prefer doing good songs.

Forget about Batman, Superman, and the Power Rangers, cause I'll be your hero if you're ever in some danger.

I'm still waiting for someone to call me to cater their wedding. But that's gonna cost you. If you want my cousin Jerez to play the sax, that's going to cost you a little more. The sky's the limit after that.

I think anybody can cook if they take the time.

Life is full of hardships, pimp slaps, and sorrow.

I want to provide a well-rounded perspective of life.

I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streets.

We take pride in what we do.

We got to push to give, and one life to live.

I know I'm just one man trying to do one thing, and the next day is not promised to any man. I'm very humble.

But when I really look back on my life, being really honest about it and now that I've got the chance to travel the world, seeing how a lot of little kids grow up - my life wasn't so bad.

I'm a winner; I win most of the time. But in order to be a winner, you have to lose some of the time. I'm a terrible loser.

I came to Baku the same way I would go to Texas - because they asked me to come and play hip hop.

Because I'm a young black man driving a really nice, expensive car, I sometimes get harassed when I'm rolling through a ghetto neighbourhood.

I don't consider myself a gangsta rapper. But I'm probably more qualified to be a gangsta rapper than people who call themselves that. I've been through that life.

Throughout my rapping career, I always cooked for myself and anyone I worked with. It's what actually kept me grounded through those crazy years.

Life is too short to not have fun we are only here for a short time compared to the sun and the moon and all that.