Zitat des Tages von Coolio:
'Gangsta rap' is a derogatory label.
I started cooking from watching my mom. My mother was a really, really great cook.
People treat me nice 'cos I treat them nice.
I love cartoons. I'm just a big kid.
I wasn't driving down the wrong side of the street, smoking marijuana, waving my gun out the window.
Let me tell you the truth: I'm 45 years old. I never thought that I would live to see a black president.
But when I really look back on my life, being really honest about it and now that I've got the chance to travel the world, seeing how a lot of little kids grow up - my life wasn't so bad.
I finished the movie a month ago in downtown Los Angeles. I had a lot of fun doing it.
I never let any of my sons beat me at videogames.
I've basically got an album full of singles.
I'm still waiting for someone to call me to cater their wedding. But that's gonna cost you. If you want my cousin Jerez to play the sax, that's going to cost you a little more. The sky's the limit after that.
I've been rapping since 1979.
I'm innocent. I've done nothing. I'm a nice guy.
Because I'm a young black man driving a really nice, expensive car, I sometimes get harassed when I'm rolling through a ghetto neighbourhood.
I just think it's my responsibility as a human being and an entertainer to see the soldiers.
Acting is all about timing. I mean, who has better timing than the MCs?
I don't do concept records anymore - I just prefer doing good songs.
I perform for soldiers because they are important.
We take pride in what we do.
If it wasn't for the military I probably would not have ever come to Bosnia for vacation.
'Shaka' is my catchphrase. Emeril got 'bam,' I got 'Shaka.'
I'm a winner; I win most of the time. But in order to be a winner, you have to lose some of the time. I'm a terrible loser.
I think anybody can cook if they take the time.
Throughout my rapping career, I always cooked for myself and anyone I worked with. It's what actually kept me grounded through those crazy years.
I want to provide a well-rounded perspective of life.
I don't consider myself a gangsta rapper. But I'm probably more qualified to be a gangsta rapper than people who call themselves that. I've been through that life.
I'm never doing a new album. I'll probably do nothing but singles. I'm as good as anybody out there lyrically and conceptually and can go toe to toe with the best of them throughout history. But I don't know how much longer I'll be doing it. It's not really fun anymore.