"I don't look back. I don't live my life in the rear-view mirror because, if you do, you're bound to end up wrapped around a pole somewhere."

"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. The name thing: I will always be L.L. Cool J."

"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."

"I'm good at what I do, but I wouldn't be so bold and arrogant as to say something disrespectful about, say, Eminem. He's talented and he's good at what he does."

"You have to really dive deep back into yourself and get rid of so much modern analytical categorization. It's one of the great things poetry does."

"Of course, I did lots of what would be called graphic design now, what used to be called commercial art."

"I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality."

"When I went to art school, I was just having fun. I realised that was the last chance I had, and then I would have to get a job."