To me, my peers are Bruce Springsteen and Mick Jagger. I'm not talking age-wise, but in terms of...
LL COOL J Sometimes altering your position is the right thing. Sometimes it's not.
LL COOL J I'm not trying to be new school and I'm not old school - I'm classic. There's a lot ...
LL COOL J Stay focused, go after your dreams and keep moving toward your goals.
LL COOL J When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong,...
LL COOL J I am what I am, I'm doing very well in my life, and I'm thankful to God for that.
LL COOL J I think fitness is important. I think a healthy lifestyle is important. I think putting positive ene...
LL COOL J You don't need to be the good guy to get a good message out.
LL COOL J You have to always continue to strive no matter how hard things get, no matter how troubled you feel...
LL COOL J I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free.
LL COOL J Our world is at the crossroads. We have a choice, right and wrong.
LL COOL J I just look at the high and bright side of things.
LL COOL J I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free. K...
LL COOL J What I say on a record and what I say off a record is two different things. And that's always be...
LL COOL J I don't think you should go around talking trash about people because I think that's how you...
LL COOL J The person that made me want to make movies, and the reason I do films, is Bruce Lee. He was an incr...
LL COOL J Once you achieve one goal, you should be looking forward to trying to build onto the next thing, and...
LL COOL J Sometimes you've just got to grab an apple - or grapes, or strawberries. Something that's he...
LL COOL J Do what you love; you'll be better at it. It sounds pretty simple, but you'd be surprised ho...
LL COOL J God blesses us all with different views and perspectives and levels of influence and power.
LL COOL J Nobody is perfect, but life is about choices.
LL COOL J If you do cardio one day and the next day you can do weights, do it that way. If you need to do it a...
LL COOL J I am a real person that cares about his art and cares about what he's doing - I have a heart and...
LL COOL J I'm good at what I do, but I wouldn't be so bold and arrogant as to say something disrespect...
LL COOL J Stand up and face your fears, or they will defeat you.
LL COOL J You've got to stay focused without being boring - because all work and no play makes Jack a dull...
LL COOL J I try to do the right thing with money. Save a dollar here and there, clip some coupons. Buy ten gol...
LL COOL J I was listening to Jimi Hendrix; I just admire his artistry and creativity as an artist.
LL COOL J I think the guy who has had the better films is Will Smith. I don't know if he's a better ac...
LL COOL J Dreams don't have deadlines. I'm thinking of doing bigger and better things and having more ...
LL COOL J Art is about imagination. When you look at a picture from Salvador Dali, that's about imaginatio...
LL COOL J As a black man, my hope is that I can touch more and more people all over the world of different rac...
LL COOL J What I like to do is just make good music, good movies, hopefully perform a good show full of energy...
LL COOL J I feel like my peers now are artists like Madonna and the Stones, Michael Jackson and Prince. These ...
LL COOL J I do about 90 percent of my own stunts, and the things I can't do for insurance reasons, like sw...
LL COOL J Since my new focus is acting, ... my primary focus was bringing David Burke's character to life. My ...
LL COOL J [The rapper-turned-actor borrows from Eastern thought to make his point.] The Chinese have a saying,...
LL COOL J I figured if I can stay with them, I could maybe keep some of their rhythm going.
LL COOL J I thought it was the greatest opportunity as an actor, ... It's the first time I got to do something...
LL COOL J And my new focus is in acting. That's where I'm putting the majority of my energy.
LL COOL J I've achieved basically all of the goals - by the grace of God - that I wanted to in music,
LL COOL J Wish they could take my longevity and bottle it,
LL COOL J I try to do the right thing with money. Save a dollar here and there, clip some coupons. Buy ten g...
LL COOL J I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free. K...
LL COOL J You can't let your past hold your future hostage.
LL COOL J Once the referee throws the ball in the air, it's either your ball or their ball and you have to...
LL COOL J I think the key to working out is for people to think of water - just allow the workouts to fill out...
LL COOL J I'm a real person that cares about his art and cares about what he's doing. I have a heart a...
LL COOL J (Erica) "Hello? Did you not get the memo? Vampires are hot! Besides, compared to most cities, we bar...
DR. LL Smoke 'em if you got 'em.
TRE COOL I never completed high school and I am very rich and very successful.
TRE COOL I like Fisher Price music, nursery rhymes, and the alphabet song.
TRE COOL It's not how you pick your nose, it's where you put that booger that counts.
TRE COOL I wanna survive an avalanche. I wanna be one of those people a dog finds buried under a ton of snow,...
TRE COOL I had trouble fitting in, in a musical sense. A lot of drummers get sidetracked by the instrument. I...
TRE COOL A lot of drummers get sidetracked by the instrument. It can engulf you.
TRE COOL I'm the greatest rock and roll drummer on the planet and you suck.
TRE COOL No man can eat fifty eggs.
TRE COOL Mmmmmmmmmm....You can almost smell the burning pork...Hey you ever thrown rocks at cops?
TRE COOL It's not how you pick your nose, it's where you put that booger that counts.
TRE COOL Let the rock 'n' roll outfits commence!
TRE COOL We have a thin candy shell, I'm surprised you didn't know that.
TRE COOL You gotta stick your neck out and put out a record that isn't safe... that's the Green Day way!
TRE COOL You gotta play for as many people as you can. It's, like, if someone wants to see you, and they, you...
TRE COOL It was time to raise the bar higher, or lower if you're doing limbo.
TRE COOL I wish people would turn off their computers, go outside, talk to people, touch people, lick people,...
TRE COOL You gotta stick your neck out and put out a record that isn't safe... that's the Green Day w...
TRE COOL It's only funny till someone gets hurt........then it's hilarious
TRE COOL Roll, roll, roll a joint, twist it at the end, light it up, take a puff, pass it to you're friend.
TRE COOL I have a homosexual crush on most adolescents.
TRE COOL We kick ass now. We've seen a million faces and we rocked them all.
TRE COOL Music has never been at a better time than it is right now, we're really lucky to be a part of this ...
TRE COOL The one thing about Billie is he will snap and rip your head off if you point anything out at all ot...
TRE COOL I wish people would turn off their computers, go outside, talk to people, touch people, lick people,...
TRE COOL It was time to raise the bar higher, or lower if you're doing limbo.
TRE COOL You know, I knew the day that George Bush was elected president that we were in deep, deep shit. I k...
TRE COOL Lets count the waves...one, one thousand, two one thousand.
TRE COOL I don't want you to get the wrong idea, not all liberals smoke lettuce.
TRE COOL I always said the world is a better place because of Joey Ramone.
TRE COOL I am no longer married, so ladies... there you go.
TRE COOL They should legalize pot! Do it! DO IT!
TRE COOL We're charging what we're worth and we don't think we're worth $22.50. We take a lower cut than Pear...
TRE COOL I want to wash your grandmother.
TRE COOL Smoke 'em if you got 'em.
TRE COOL [When asked why there are no clouds in the sky]Because God wants to watch his favourite band again!
TRE COOL I'm the greatest rock and roll drummer on the planet and you suck.
TRE COOL Everyone is entitled to our opinion.
TRE COOL Orange Mocha Frappichinos!
TRE COOL I"m still completely out of hand, just more like a 12 year-old with responsibility.
TRE COOL I caught on fire twice on the stage, but I was promptly put out. It was just my leg.
TRE COOL We're Green Day. We can do whatever we want.
TRE COOL School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect so why bother...
TRE COOL I'm not exactly sure how many kids I have, but yes, I do miss them officially, for the record. I...
TRE COOL We're charging what we're worth and we don't think we're worth $22.50. We take a low...
TRE COOL Back in '93 and '94, when 'Dookie' was being made, my dad built this tour bus for us...
TRE COOL Dreams don't have deadlines.
LJ COOL My mom taught me from a young age to give back and volunteer any chance you get. It was something th...
J. J. WATT No doubt about it. For every player. Thursday nights are very tough for us because it is a short tur...
J. J. WATT When I picture myself after football, it's down home, coaching high school football, just a rela...
J. J. WATT I know that I'm going out there, and I know that I am going to get hit in the head. I know that&...
J. J. WATT Since my sophomore year in high school, I knew I didn't want to do anything but be a professiona...
J. J. WATT If you're an outsider looking into my life, you're thinking, 'That dude is crazy. He'...
J. J. WATT Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out ...
J. J. WATT I get a lot of letters that say, 'I'm a normal, down-to-earth girl. I love to cook, and I lo...
J. J. WATT My dad's a firefighter, so I know what it's like for policemen and firefighters to be on the...
J. J. WATT If you're going to nap, make sure you have a proper chunk of time blocked out. I'm not one o...
J. J. WATT I will always do what I can to help others, but when I retire, I want to be a dad and a husband. I w...
J. J. WATT When it comes down to that moment, when it's me against you, you know in your head whether you w...
J. J. WATT You have to find the right situation, and you have to be in that right mindset where you can give ev...
J. J. WATT I ate a whole 20-inch pizza by myself one time.
J. J. WATT A reputation takes years and years and years to build, and it takes one press of a button to ruin it...
J. J. WATT I'll fight a bear, but I don't like spiders. I'm not a fan of those.
J. J. WATT I never want to let a day go by without having done something to get a little better.
J. J. WATT There's no greater feeling in the world than when you can put a smile on somebody's face jus...
J. J. WATT I want to coach high school football, and that's always what I've wanted to do.
J. J. WATT People always ask, 'Man, why don't you come out and enjoy it? Why don't you celebrate? W...
J. J. WATT A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ...
J. J. WATT If you don't have that vision for the end goal, you have no clue where you're going, and you...
J. J. WATT I want to go out and chase greatness. That's all I want to do.
J. J. WATT Midi is my hobby.
J. J. JOHNSON There are no black film composers doing the likes of Star Wars, doing the likes of E.T., doing the l...
J. J. JOHNSON I was lucky enough to occasionally break out of that racist situation that prevails in the Hollywood...
J. J. JOHNSON Sometimes you need to stand with your nose to the window and have a good look at jazz. And I've ...
J. J. JOHNSON We have this obsession with broken homes. Everyone wants to find a problem with it, but not me. I ha...
J. J. FIELD You can win a talent show and be so famous that you can't walk down the street, but no-one knows...
J. J. FIELD The two cities I've found very hard to leave in my life were New York and Buenos Aires.
J. J. FIELD The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage...
J. J. ABRAMS I hate to look at the stuff I've written and consider what it means or why I do it.
J. J. ABRAMS I've had the same friends since I was in kindergarten.
J. J. ABRAMS I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective.
J. J. ABRAMS When I was a kid, among the other embarrassing things I would do, and there's a list of stupid t...
J. J. ABRAMS People never know what they want, though everyone says they do. If they did, nobody would ever be su...
J. J. ABRAMS The goal is always to do B material in an A fashion.
J. J. ABRAMS I don't try and write strong female characters or strong male characters, I just try and write, ...
J. J. ABRAMS I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do.
J. J. ABRAMS Pitching is always a weird, difficult thing.
J. J. ABRAMS Whenever a toddler sees a pile of blocks, he wants to tear it down.
J. J. ABRAMS I don't think I have a signature.
J. J. ABRAMS I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginat...
J. J. ABRAMS I think that even if you're wondering if two characters are ever going to kiss, drawing out the ...
J. J. ABRAMS I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a...
J. J. ABRAMS I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end...
J. J. ABRAMS When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it's a point of pride in a weird way.
J. J. ABRAMS You never want to have that ticking clock and know that you had all this time and didn't use it.
J. J. ABRAMS To me the interesting main character is never the one without flaws.
J. J. ABRAMS I think you have a passion and an obsession for something when it's not necessarily ubiquitous.
J. J. ABRAMS We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that.
J. J. ABRAMS It's a leap of faith doing any serialised storytelling.
J. J. ABRAMS When you work on something that combines both the spectacular and the relatable, the hyperreal and t...
J. J. ABRAMS Robotics are beginning to cross that line from absolutely primitive motion to motion that resembles ...
J. J. ABRAMS You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think.
J. J. ABRAMS When budget cuts happen - which has been happening a lot in this country - after-school athletics an...
J. J. WATT I'm not strict on my calorie count; I just pay attention to my body.
J. J. WATT There are things of deadly earnest that can only be mentioned under the cover of a joke.
J. J. PROCTER If you want to be remembered as great, if you want to be a legend, you have to go out there every si...
J. J. WATT I obviously would love to have a girlfriend, but a girlfriend deserves so much of your time and ener...
J. J. WATT What I remember most about high school are the memories I created with my friends.
J. J. WATT I'm obsessed with things that are distinctly analogue.
J. J. ABRAMS Death is a low chemical trick played on everybody except sequoia trees.
J. J. FURNAS What's a bigger mystery box than a movie theater? You go to the theater, you're just so exci...
J. J. ABRAMS My dad was a firefighter for almost 30 years. My mom worked her way up from a secretary to vice pres...
J. J. WATT I'm sure I frustrate the trainers - in fact, I know I frustrate the trainers to no end. But I th...
J. J. WATT What I'm still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically...
J. J. ABRAMS With three kids you are just trying to survive. You can't be fastidious.
J. J. ABRAMS You can find just about everything on my iPod from Eminem to Zac Brown to Justin Timberlake to One D...
J. J. WATT My family is a middle-class family. When I grew up and learned how much it actually cost for us to p...
J. J. WATT When you're in the National Football League, and you get this window where all eyes are on you, ...
J. J. WATT Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing ...
J. J. ABRAMS I Googled 'What do rich people buy?' Because I don't feel like a rich person, and I don&...
J. J. WATT Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that ...
J. J. ABRAMS It's hard to understand the life that I live and rationalize some of the things that I do. I don...
J. J. WATT In the off-season, I train twice a day, five times a week with my trainer. Then, there's always ...
J. J. WATT The way I look at it is that somebody in the world, no matter what your field is - teacher, violinis...
J. J. WATT You know, we've got to this place, where you go to a movie for one particular surgical fix. So, ...
J. J. ABRAMS I love the Stanley Cup playoffs.
J. J. WATT There is a malaise that exists in your land - what appears to many as the sudden and tragic disappea...
J. J. GREENE I'm a fast writer.
J. J. ABRAMS There are games where I go a whole game without saying a word. There are games where I'm talking...
J. J. WATT It's literally, if I'm not working out, I eat the whole time I'm not working out. It'...
J. J. WATT It's pretty neat to be able to help the team in different ways.
J. J. WATT I work on holidays. I work on birthdays. I work on New Year's. I work. I keep my ears to the str...
JUICY J I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listen...
J. COLE If I was to go to sleep before midnight, I would feel weird about myself, like I wasted a day. My mo...
J. COLE You can't reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you'll never lose people knowing you...
J. COLE I was a class clown. At 12, I was definitely clowning. I was making all the jokes. But I was smart, ...
J. COLE Usually I like to have them, but going drum-less pushes everything in a new direction and makes it e...
J MASCIS I play a Fender Jazzmaster and three stacks and a combo, two old Marshall Plexis and a Hiwatt combo ...
J MASCIS 'No Bones' has some reverb that I kick around.
J MASCIS You might as well play at the show everyone else is playing at.
J MASCIS I was just reading about Paul Simon in 'Uncut', and it was fascinating. I never think about ...
J MASCIS People have to do what they want to do.
J MASCIS All labels are offensive in some way.
J MASCIS Yeah, you know, I'm always into cassette. At least they seem to be the longest-lasting medium we...
J MASCIS I've always worn earplugs, but I'm sure my hearing's not great.
J MASCIS It's harder to play drums than guitar, physically. I'm always kind of on the edge. I guess t...
J MASCIS I have a couple of gold teeth. I had braces for a year but I didn't wear the retainer.
J MASCIS I enjoy having some boundaries to work within. That's why I generally don't like alternate t...
J MASCIS I've never liked rehearsing too much.
J MASCIS When I play a solo I'm just expressing that moment. It can go horribly wrong easily enough.
J MASCIS Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.
J MASCIS