Ll Cool J Quotes

I am a real person that cares about his art and cares about what he's doing - I have a heart and a soul and want to touch people and give.

At fourteen, I started sending out demo tapes.

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 can't let your past hold your future hostage.

There's a lot of single black women who did the best that they could and that's a beautiful thing, but they don't know how necessary a father is in a kid's life and how much guys miss that deep down inside.

Once you achieve one goal, you should be looking forward to trying to build onto the next thing, and not just getting comfortable with what you're doing.

Once the referee throws the ball in the air, it's either your ball or their ball and you have to just take your shot.

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

I'm not trying to be new school and I'm not old school - I'm classic. There's a lot of new cars and there's a lot of old cars, but I'm just classic in doing what I do.

I'm a real person that cares about his art and cares about what he's doing. I have a heart and a soul and I want to touch people and give.

I try to do the right thing with money. Save a dollar here and there, clip some coupons. Buy ten gold chains instead of 20. Four summer homes instead of eight.

I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free.

I think the guy who has had the better films is Will Smith. I don't know if he's a better actor than me. I don't think so. I am a rapper first. Man, I just love what I do. I am just the greatest and I can't help it. I'm sorry man.

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.

Hip-hop can be limiting and I refuse to accept limits.

Stand up and face your fears, or they will defeat you.

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.

Our world is at the crossroads. We have a choice, right and wrong.

I don't think you should go around talking trash about people because I think that's how you get your hat handed to you.

Dreams don't have deadlines. I'm thinking of doing bigger and better things and having more fun with it.

Stay focused, go after your dreams and keep moving toward your goals.

You have to always continue to strive no matter how hard things get, no matter how troubled you feel. No matter how tough things get, no matter how many times you lose, you keep trying to win.

Do what you love; you'll be better at it. It sounds pretty simple, but you'd be surprised how many people don't get this one right away.

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

When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.