"Being in a rock band is cool, but it entails sweating. My body hurts every day.. but think about it. Being a rapper? You get to dress nice. You get to talk shit about what you think and you have this dope beat and you can dance or nod your head. I'm very appreciative to be able to play beats and make sounds like that, but there's a way of expressing yourself through rap that's unique and bold. It can be epic and strong if it's done right."- Travis Barker Blink 182 drummer, XXL, August 2005
"This is the saying that will tell you about me and my approach to it: I love to win, I don't hate to lose. There's a difference. When you love to win, you wanna beat the other team when everyone's at their best. Some people be like, "Damn, I want Michael Jordan to be injured so the Knicks can win." That's terrible. I don't even want that win. That's just me. I love to win. I don't want a game by forfeit. I don't want none of that. I wanna beat your best team. That's loving to win. Hating to lose is when you cheat, you want someone to be injured. Anything other than winning when the other person is at their best is hating to lose.. That's a very important mantra in my life right there. That's a key point. That's a big thing right there." - Jay-Z, XXL August 2005
".. It's no longer Peedi Crakk - it's Peedi Peedi. I'm dropping the Crakk.. I'm only dropping it cause I feel I don't wanna promote the negativity that kids might get from that name. I get a lot of mothers ask me, "why Crakk?" And I don't have an explanation for it; that was the name given to me from the streets. I'm on the biggest label in hip-hop. Why not make a better decision? And I'm not supporting no more violence in my raps, or I try my best not to. - Peedi Peedi, XXL, August 2005
"What you see me doing on TV, that's me at work. It ain't me personally. Surely you don't think me and my brother are that childish. We're grown ass men. Every time somebody interviews us, they're asking about how a bitch look on a pole, then they say we don't speak about nothing. Motherfucker, you judging me by the music I make! In my heart, I don't give a fuck about no 'ho' song. Ask me something that makes sense to see if I got sense!" - Kaine Ying Twins, Vibe July 2005
Question: How hard would [Condoleezza Rice] slap you if you tried to murmur _____ in her ear?
Answer: "I don't think I've ever seen her, so I don't have a visual right now." - D- Roc Ying Yang Twins, Vibe July 2005
"I definitely have some insecurities. Like sometimes when people pay me certain compliments, I'm like, 'Really?.. I don't feel like I'm the best of the best - not the best of the best. I just don't feel like what people say. I definitely do have my moments of doubt." - Ciara, Rolling Out, June 23, 2005
I'm mildly obsessed with Ciara. I tried her 'Oh' moves on top of my car, but it didn't quite look the same. Maybe Luda needs to be driving it." - Gabrielle Union, Rolling Stone
"I always say there's a reason Lucifer was the head of the choir when he was in heaven before he fell. It's because music is the only universal language. It can get into your subconscious, change your mood, and change your way of thinking. It can bring out the bad things that exist within you. But it can also bring peace." - Amerie, Vibe, July 2005
"Fourth grade to age thirteen I was terrible. Worst child ever. I was bigger than everybody, and kids used to make fun of me, call me names like Shaquilla the Gorilla or Shaqueer. So I hit them because I didn't like it. I went from being a bully to a medium-level juvenile delinquent. I used to carry a knife. My dad and my uncle would be telling me, 'You're going to get in trouble and go to jail.' The moment that changed my life came when I was about thirteen and this guy ratted me out for throwing something in class. I caught up with him after school and beat him up. When the kid went down, I kicked him. Then he started having an epilectic seizure. A man ran out of a car and put something in the kid's mouth and got him to stop. If that guy hadn't come, the kid might have died, and I'd have been done, done, done. I was a different person from that day on."
- Shaquille O'Neal, Esquire, July 2005
"I knew I was a winner back in the late-Sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way. I hope it never will." - Arnold Schwarzenegger
"I'm never trying to be sexy, it's never my goal. I'm never trying to be competitive or manipulate anybody with my sexuality, because I think it's a weak way to get your way. I'm more into being intelligent, sophisticated and heartfelt, and if it comes across as sexual, that's fine, but it's never my goal. Usually when people are overly sexy, they're not really pro-women." - Jessica Alba, Arena, August 2005
"I'm not easy to work for because most people have expectations that are subpar. They don't demand that as a team, you strive for excellence. People talk about it like it's a poem or something and don't necessarily strive for that." - Steve Stoute, Complex, June/July 2005
"The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind, not merely to overcome a thousand obstacles but to win despite a thousand defeats."- Theodore Roosevelt (shaken in by Mr. O)
"If you plan to make a success of yourself, you will probably stand alone...because your success will annoy all the other folks who have given up!" - (shaken in by sensualsunshine)
"You can't luv NOBODY, til you luv you." - (shaken in by Ife)
"Why did Lloyd Banks and Young Buck not go on the bus? Because they didn't have 50 cent."
- (shaken in by Ms.StUdZ)
"Life is like a shit sandwich.....the more bread you have the less shit you have to eat!!"
- (shaken in by BROWNBEAR FROM DOWNUNDER)
"Those that matter don't mind, and those that mind don't matter." - The Game (shaken in by scoopdadoop)
"Sunny days, everybody loves them. Tell me can you stand the rain?" - New Edition (shaken in by Nonpareil)
"Keeping it real - I hear people say all the time, but they don't know how to keep it real. It's not what you know, it's what you can prove to yourself as well as others. A true player introduces his or her men and women to one another, never hiding the fact who you are claiming to be. That's keeping it real. I pimped and made money off a lot of women, but it's more about the respect you have for those you deal with in the game. Without love you will fall and no one will respect you. Give back from where you made that money." - (shaken in by Kano)
"A man and a woman have been seeing each other for about 5 years. Finally the man pops the question. They get married and decide to get tattoos 4 each other. The woman got a tattoo of the man's name in a heart. The man gets a tattoo on his dick. The tattoo said L O V E. The following night while they were having sex she mentioned how she had never saw his tattoo. He said ur about 2. She kneeled and as she was preparing to suck and slurp his manhood she saw the tattoo. Then she said, "after all we been through together, after 5 years now you want 2 put words in my mouth." - (shaken in by streetcred)
"Always remember to ask yourself when you look at your friendships and relationships three things: Can you be honest? Can you be passionate? Can you be truthful? If the answer to all three is yes, then that's a true friend or your one soulmate." - Westley Bayas III (shaken in by TheProphetOfIota)
