Quotes About Success

I didn't want to be one of these rappers that holds his chain up just faking like he has money. I wanted more.

I've been around so long that I've seen rappers make it and plummet.

When I did 'Funkdafied' with JD, he was like, 'Okay, look Brat. I'ma tell you now - female rappers pretty much only go gold. So if it doesn't do whatever, don't be disappointed.' And I was like, 'Okay... I just want to do music.'

I've been around a long time, and when I was at the top of the hill, I was very ahead of my time! Evidence of that is that my music is still current today - you know, rappers sample it all the time. So, rather than compromise my artistic integrity, I concentrated on movies.

Even in a lot of hip-hop music, they tell you don't give your heart to a woman. But many of the most successful rappers are head-over-heels in love.

Eminem is one of the greatest rappers of all time.

I've never been competing with rappers about who's the best rapper. I've been making songs that people like.

The fact is, I'm the biggest rapper from Memphis, I help a lot of rappers from Memphis.

I believe being honourable lasts longer than rapping good.

I'm not just rapping because I like it anymore - this is like almost my career now, you know? Not almost, it is! This is what I feed myself and my family with, so I attack it that way.

The most popular rap artists aren't supposed to be rapping about being broke.

I started rapping before anybody had ever bought a car from it. It was truly about the art form and the culture, more so than now, where it's a successful way to make money. Back then you had to be doing it because you liked it.

I'm living proof that there's no age limit to rapping.

Obviously, my aspirations are to be considered one of the best. Like, anyone rapping should have that mindset.

I was a rapper. The reason I stopped rapping was because I realized that people wanted guys like Puff Daddy. That's not what I do. I quit. That was it. I had to sacrifice for my choice. I said, 'Forget it. I'll be a producer.' Nobody was going to make me do anything.

I don't know how I started rapping. The first I did was at school. I tried writing one. I liked it. People started to like it. It was what I wanted to do.

I secured Big Jam through my buzz in the city. My name got bigger and bigger throughout my 1st year of rapping.

I was just rapping as a pastime and I became good at it. So much so that by the time my Def Jam contract was in front of me, I didn't have a rap name.

In order to maintain your longevity, you have to know the business. It's not about just rapping and performing.

I share a good rapport with Rajnikanth for I have worked with him in 'Panakkaran,' 'Mannan' and 'Uzhaipali' before.

It is very rare that he makes a mistake, and I feel just privileged to have done what I have with him. There will never be another Valegro.

Finding yourself on a show that's appreciated by its intended audience is a very rare and lucky thing, so when you win the lottery like that, you don't want to rush its conclusion; you want to keep it going as long as you can.

I never met Peter O'Toole, but he one was of those rare actors whose success was defined by a single role. His incandescent performance in David Lean's 'Lawrence of Arabia' is one that nobody who saw it will ever forget.

It's a very rare and fortunate position to be able to make movies with two of your best friends who happen to be really amazing actors and writers.