Musician Quotes

Buddy Rich was one of the most incredible technicians in the world, on this planet, but the only people he could really impress, who knew what he was doing was another musician or another drummer.

I'm a perfectionist. I'm not going to cheat the people.

As a little kid I had a girlfriend, and her boyfriend used to beat me up, so then I used to sing these songs, and that's what it's all about. Country music is all about your heart and your people and things like that.

I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul.

There's a saying. If you want someone to love you forever, buy a dog, feed it and keep it around.

The media tries to do what they do. You can't stop. You gotta get money.

Some people around you don't mean you good.

I don't have problems with nobody, period.

I been in this game a long time.

Rappers tend to use words sometimes that just rhyme and don't really mean nothing.

If my mama and daddy would've stayed together, one of them would've been dead, and the other would have been locked up for it.

I tell it like it is. I tell it like I see it. I tell it like I envision it. I tell it like I live it.

I take pride in being one of the most successful producers in hip-hop history, having the most successful record in hip-hop history, I have the most number ones.

I love New York, it's always been my home. It has everything - music, fashion, entertainment, impressive buildings, huge parks, street cafes. And it's very international, with people from all over the world.

I have so much respect for people in the theater. You can't do 10 or 15 takes. It's all live. It's like life in motion.

I have had fans make me the big picture collages of the photo books; I have had fans send me birthday cakes... sing to me on my voicemail. I have had fans flash me. I have had older fans give me their bras and underwear onstage.

I got a chance to have my dream come true, and I wanted to make sure I made the decision as to when I dropped my last album. If I don't feel like this album is an incredible piece of work, then I'm cool with the albums I've done. I don't have to put out another album.

I can't say that I've fully achieved my dream yet. I'm just starting to evolve.

Fans made me. The fans gave me a chance, and they made me. Beyond that, my career has been trials and tribulations and ups and downs, so I have to have true fans riding with me.

Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn - we wouldn't be who we are without them.

Everybody's just been spilling their guts all over records and talking about how hard it is to be an entertainer and how much we get hated on and what we have to go through. But I ain't really got it that bad. I'm just happy to be here.

Being from New York, there's three things you know about Hollywood. You know about the Hollywood sign, Sunset Strip and Hollywood Boulevard with the stars.

Bad Boy Entertainment did not shoot anybody. I didn't shoot anybody.

All I've been trying to do all my life is to make great music.

I'm glad the truth is out. I'm glad everyone knows I'm innocent, not guilty.

I miss my kids sometimes and that can get me down when I've been away working, but then I wake up and recognize how incredibly lucky I am. Spending time being down is less time out there achieving and enjoying.

I don't say it in a cocky way, but I take pride in being one of the best at doing what I do.

At an early age, I started my own paper route. Once I saw how you could service people and do a good job and get paid for it, I just wanted to be the best I could be in whatever I did.

My mind is always racing, and always going and always working, and it's a gift and a curse.

I think that's good that I have to watch how I act and what I say. I think that's a part of growing up.