I'm in tune with the universe, the sun, moon, and stars. I'm in tune with the jinns that are all around us.
— Ghostface Killah
I used to get money and hustle and do it in the streets.
Love always overcomes hate.
I went to the mosque one day, and it came to me, like, 'This is where I belong.'
The music industry needs a TV outlet for hip-hop fans and artists.
To me, 'Ironman' was kind of dark for me. I wasn't looking for it to be that dark like that.
It's an honor to sit back and see people loving the things that you did 25 years ago and still be here and be amongst the crowd to receive those blessings.
I'm funny with food, even if it's vegan. I like it well well, well, well done. I don't want anything there that reminds me of blood. I get mine extra well done. That way, when I look at it, I'm like, 'Okay, cool.'
I love cheese, and I love onions, pickles, and crunchy things. That's as far as I go with having things crunchy on my burger. I wouldn't go as far as having carrots on my burger. I'll just keep it simple with pickles and cucumbers and some raw onions.
When I was 18, 19, I had my fun.
I can't talk about Christianity if I don't know it. You can't talk about Muslims or Islam if you don't know it.
I love music, and I got an ear for it.
When you up performing, you gotta have your energy right, so I look after myself, and I take vitamins to give me that boost.
My father left me when I was 6. My mother tried to take care of all of us on public assistance.
Lyrics over some nice beats - that's what the people want from us.
I don't want people to confuse me as an MC that talk about nothing.
I'm a wizard at poetry.
Me and God has a good relationship.
Wu-Block is more street. It's just street, that's all.
Even when I'm 70, I'm still gonna write rhymes.
I wanna rhyme about God.
I follow in the footsteps of vets, regardless if they younger than me or older than me.
RZA's my brotha for life. That's my brother-in-law.
I don't have a problem participating with the youth because the youth are our future.
We're getting older, and we were never taught these things as kids: how to eat the right portions or the right food.
When Slick Rick first hit the scene, I had to practice that British accent. There's no other storyteller like this man.
I can't knock gay rap, or retarded rap - whatever. Do what you do; I don't really listen to it. I don't really pay that no attention. Like I said, it's not my cup of tea - to each his own. At the end of the day, we all people.
Terrorism is not related to Islam.
You got a lot of girls out there that can rhyme and are underground, but it's sex appeal that makes people really big.
In all seriousness, I just think, 'Keep God first.'
I got a song called 'All That I Got Is You.' I wrote that from the heart.
I write stories, I don't just write rhymes, I write books.
The Scarecrow needed a brain, the Tin Man needed a heart, and the other dude needed courage. I need love. You feel me?
When Wu-Tang came, Wu-Tang was for that era, right there. When Dre had it in the West Coast, it was for that time. Biggie and them, it was for that time.
Everything you see is not always real.
I wanna do a God album, a positive album so the kids and everybody will understand what's going on.
My heart tells me what's right.
I'm my own man.
I made 'Supreme Clientele' what it is. Those are my stories, based around whatever they're based upon. It's me.
You gotta use your mind when you're a vegan.
For the hip-hop community, for us to get ahead and go the vegan route or just reducing how much meat you eat, I think it's great for hip-hop, the youth, and the future, everybody.
Everyone's seen poverty - well, most have.
Obama's just a puppet - he's a puppet in a chair.
When I see something that I know that's worth something, I go after it.
I get a little bit of cardio.
All this could go tomorrow, and I would still know how to function, because I never had nothing before. I went through the struggle - it was a rough life.
You can write music till you 70.
I've got stories on every one of my albums, big ones.
'The Wizard of Poetry' - I had that title since I did 'The Pretty Toney' album. That's when the name first came to me.
