Curtis Jackson

Because hip-hop has no requirements, you deal with people that have the least intelligence on the planet. Some of the people that compare themselves to me, compare themselves to me because they rap and I rap. They can't even read the contracts that they sign to be a rapper, to do the deal. ”

I like generals. I like Napoleon. I like strategy. The majority of them are praised for mass destruction, but it's exciting to see how it comes to the mind mentally. ”

Every morning I wake up in a home where Mike Tyson previously laid in the bed and he earned over $500 million his career. It makes me conscious. ”

I just feel really good about my accomplishments. I haven't had, like, a party because a deal goes through or something like that. I don't know. I need to develop that - I need to have something that I do when things go right. ”

People often say I have so much energy, that I never stop; but that's what it takes to accomplish your goals. ”

I like the story writing process. I usually use someone who has been trained for structure to take the story that I actually want, place those elements in the right places. ”

I think it's easier for the general public to embrace me in a negative way. You have people who already have a perception of me that says I'm a bad person. ”

I read all of the stories that people write about me. The ones that are really interesting are the ones where they actually write their take on me as opposed to just printing what I said, because they're asking similar questions so often, sometimes it just sounds like I'm answering the questions different intentionally. ”

There's a small group of guys in hip-hop that really have money. The whole culture talks about money, but it's a small group that actually has it. ”

People who actually have money don't want to talk about it. They want to talk about everything else. ”