I don't wanna abandon my identity as LL Cool J, but at the same time, I had to figure out how to let people know that I'm really serious about making these movies.

I am what I am, I'm doing very well in my life, and I'm thankful to God for that.

Hip-hop's always reached out to kids. If you look at the last 10 big albums it might seem ironic. But when I look at the history of this music it's always had a lot of positivity.

I'm not trying to keep up or adapt. I'm allowing myself to grow, evolve and create new music.

As a black man, my hope is that I can touch more and more people all over the world of different races and different colours.

Art is about imagination. When you look at a picture from Salvador Dali, that's about imagination. When you look at Picasso, that's about imagination. Doing stuff from your heart.

When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.

What I like to do is just make good music, good movies, hopefully perform a good show full of energy and just have some fun.

We're going to raise a lot of money for cancer awareness, give some to the American Cancer Society and hopefully make a big difference.

We need to make sure that there's art in the school. Why? Why should art be in the school? Because if art isn't in a school, then a guy like Steve Jobs doesn't get a chance to really express himself because in order for art to meet technology, you need art.

When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.

I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free. Know what I'm saying? Move past the fear.

I think that politics could be a positive thing. My beef is that people focus on the personal aspect of a politician too much. They should focus on the results.

If you do cardio one day and the next day you can do weights, do it that way. If you need to do it at night or in the morning, do it that way. Whatever you need to get it done, just get it done.

I'm not trying to be new school and I'm not old school - I'm classic. There's a lot of new cars and there's a lot of old cars, but I'm just classic in doing what I do.

You can't let your past hold your future hostage.

Dreams don't have deadlines. I'm thinking of doing bigger and better things and having more fun with it.

I'm not giving up my history and what I've done in my music because I love it and I'm very proud of it. I just want to open it up for more people.

I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free.

I think fitness is important. I think a healthy lifestyle is important. I think putting positive energy out there is important and just staying connected with the people.