Quotes By Puff Daddy

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

When I decided I wanted to be an actor, I said I wanted to work with quality actors and directors.

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.

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.

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

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.

It's okay to be crazy, but don't be insane.

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

This whole Puff Daddy thing has taken a toll on me.

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

It just gets draining on a person being in the papers every day. So I was like, I'm gonna come back here. I want to talk to all the people, the fans. I want to let them know how much I appreciate all their support.

We used to talk about wanting to get some money, but that's when hip-hop was based on your dreams and your fantasy. The whole thing now is the dreams and fantasies were achieved, and you don't want to make it the focal point. You can't keep beating that dead horse.

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.

I've never really taken more than four days off, so it was a lot for me to go away for three-and-a-half months. I went all over Europe. I walked on a whole bunch of beaches and I did a lot of thinking.

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.

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.

My message is all about peace.

I want to have a cultural impact. I want to be an inspiration, to show people what can be done.

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.

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

I was proud of working 18 hours a day and sleeping three hours a night. It's something now that has turned into a problem for me: not being able to sleep... having insomnia.

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.

If you're looking for a deep album or you're looking for me to talk about past situations, it's not even about that. It's just 14 hot records that are gonna make you dance.

Man, I just feel blessed... I was in a situation where the only way I could come out of it was by putting my faith in God. No matter how good my lawyers were, no matter how much celebrity I had, everything was just stacked up against me.

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

If you dream and you believe, you can do it.

I would never withhold information about the murder of my man Biggie, or anybody else. It's just silly and ridiculous. The accusations are just flying out. All I've been trying to do all my life is to make great music.

I'm hyperactive, and I went in the studio and I would just start making records, for no reason.

It feels like I could go outside with a bikini thong on right now.

I'm in the studio 24 hours a day. It's true that once you get a certain level of success, you become a target. Talk magazine should be ashamed of themselves.