"I was listening to Jimi Hendrix; I just admire his artistry and creativity as an artist."

"I am a real person that cares about his art and cares about what he's doing - I have a heart and a soul and want to touch people and give."

"I am artistic so I reserve the right to change my mind at any point. I just like to do different things. 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."

"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."

"The country that is more developed industrially only shows, to the less developed, the image of its own future."

"When friends asked me, Can we help? I'd say, Not unless you can alter time, speed up the harvest or teleport me off this rock. I used that line from Star Wars."

"Not managing your time and making excuses are two bad habits. Don't put them both together by claiming you 'don't have the time'."

"As I have said for many years throughout this land, we're borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the future of human civilization. Every bit of that has to change."