Quotes By LL Cool J

I was listening to Jimi Hendrix; I just admire his artistry and creativity as an artist.

What I don't do is try to like become whoever I'm rapping with. The people who go get an LL album want to hear LL.

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.

The nature of the game is pain.

The person that made me want to make movies, and the reason I do films, is Bruce Lee. He was an incredible actor, and he had a lot of charisma. Handsome, action, you know, everything was there. I loved Bruce Lee.

Timing has a lot to with art.

I just look at the high and bright side of things.

You can't let your past hold your future hostage.

The secret to it all is just to enjoy what you're doing. This is not working at the coal face, this is not sweeping behind a restaurant. It's work, but it's not work. It gives me a different type of energy. I'm grateful for that.

I think I'm the best, of course. How could I not?

I feel like my peers now are artists like Madonna and the Stones, Michael Jackson and Prince. These are people who were able to take their careers beyond the normal here-today-gone-tomorrow life span.

I've never been one to have to manipulate women. I always want it to be like a mutual thing, like everybody loves everybody.

That's one of the good things about music. You get to do it live, where you can touch the people and interact with them.

At fourteen, I started sending out demo tapes.

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.

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

To know the rules of the game, you have to be educated.

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've got to see my movie to see how I'm acting, see what little things I can learn about my craft.

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.

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.

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.

I don't wanna abandon my identity as LL Cool J, but at the same time, I had to figure out how to let people know that I'm really serious about making these movies.

I am artistic so I reserve the right to change my mind at any point. I just like to do different things. What is more important than the name is that people know that I really like acting, I enjoy it and I want people to know that I am serious.

Sometimes altering your position is the right thing. Sometimes it's not.

Nobody is perfect, but life is about choices.

I think the key to working out is for people to think of water - just allow the workouts to fill out the cracks in your lives and seep into wherever you can fit it in.

If you do cardio one day and the next day you can do weights, do it that way. If you need to do it at night or in the morning, do it that way. Whatever you need to get it done, just get it done.

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.

People will feel the way they feel.