Top 100 Ll Cool J Quotes
#1. As far as rap goes, I grew up in Hollis, Queens, so early influences were people like Run DMC and LL Cool J.
Ja Rule
#2. They use all of the music that I did in the '50s, '60s and the '70s behind people like Tupac and LL Cool J. I'm into all that stuff.
Donald Byrd
#3. I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock. LL Cool J was my biggest idol.
Dee Dee Ramone
#4. Older generations can sometimes look down on today's hip hop but I refuse that mindset. I remember how hurt I was when older people told me that Run-D.M.C. was jungle music or that it was not music at all. Or that LL Cool J was not art.
Erik Parker
#5. LL Cool J is a huge presence. He is a music mogul. He brings that experience and that life into the room.
Barrett Foa
#6. LL Cool J should be the spokesman for a line of pajamas called Ladies Love Cool Jammies.
Doug Benson
#7. One of the first albums that I remember, rap albums I remember really listening to, was LL Cool J 'Mama Said Knock You Out.'
Damian Marley
#8. LL Cool J was a rapper-turned-actor, and I also relate to him because he was sort of a ladies' man and had a female fan base, but yet he's a positive dude. You never read about him getting into trouble or going to jail.
Bow Wow
#9. On Art Garfunkel - He makes Paul Simon look like LL Cool J.
Ian Gittins
#10. 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.
LL Cool J
#11. I really love rap music. I grew up in the '80s and '90s with Public Enemy, N.W.A., LL Cool J - I'm a hip-hop encyclopedia. But I got kind of frustrated with the chauvinistic side of rap music, the one that makes it hard to write songs about love and relationships.
Mayer Hawthorne
#12. Dreams don't have deadlines. I'm thinking of doing bigger and better things and having more fun with it.
LL Cool J
#13. Every little boy wanna pick up the mic,
And try to run with the big boys and live up to the real hype.
But that's like pickin up a ball, playin with Mike,
Swingin at Ken Griffey or challengin' Roy to a fight.
LL Cool J
#14. I'm a big believer that dreams don't have deadlines!
LL Cool J
#15. I want a girl with extensions in her hair,
Bamboo earrings, at least two pair,
A Fendi bag and a bad attitude,
That's all I need to get me in a good mood.
She can walk with a switch and talk with street slang,
I love it when a woman ain't scared to do her thing.
LL Cool J
#16. I'm kind of horny, conventional methods of making love kind of bore me.
LL Cool J
#17. Our world is at the crossroads. We have a choice, right and wrong.
LL Cool J
#18. Let it flow, while I pump it slow, then I speed it up, heat it up, make it more nasty.
LL Cool J
#19. What you do in your art - TV, music, film stuff - touches people. And they want to touch you. So that's a blessing. I'm okay with it.
LL Cool J
#20. All I ever wanted, all I ever needed was a father.
LL Cool J
#21. You got a man? That's somethin we will talk about.
He's smart enough to have ya, but dumb enough to let ya out.
LL Cool J
#22. My head was spinning, I had never seen blood. Four years old, this don't feel like love.
LL Cool J
#23. 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.
LL Cool J
#24. 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.
LL Cool J
#25. My radio's loud like a fire alarm:
The floor vibrates, the walls cave in,
The bass makes my eardrums seem thin.
Def sounds in my ride, yes the front and back ...
You would think it was a party, not a Cadillac!
LL Cool J
#26. Full of criss-crossed fits, you lie all the time. Your tongue should be embarrassed, you're a threat to mankind.
LL Cool J
#27. I try to do the right thing with money. Save a dollar here and there, clip some coupons. Buy ten gold chains instead of 20. Four summer homes instead of eight.
LL Cool J
#28. 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.
LL Cool J
#29. When I'm alone in my room sometimes I stare at the wall, and in the back of my mind I hear my conscience call.
LL Cool J
#30. I am what I am, I'm doing very well in my life, and I'm thankful to God for that.
LL Cool J
#31. Having day dreams, tonguing you down with, uh, vanilla ice cream. Kissing on your thigh in the moon light, searching your body with my tongue girl all night.
LL Cool J
#32. I know a fat girl, she wears an orange skirt. You give her twenty dollars and you can do your work.
LL Cool J
#33. The nature of the game is pain.
LL Cool J
#34. I don't have an image that I'm trying to, like, portray. I'm just being me.
LL Cool J
#35. You've got to stay focused without being boring - because all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Skinny, but dull.
LL Cool J
#36. Do what you love; you'll be better at it. It sounds pretty simple, but you'd be surprised how many people don't get this one right away.
LL Cool J
#37. Her bikini - small; heels - tall
She said she liked the ocean.
LL Cool J
#38. I'm cold gettin' paid cause Rick said so.
LL Cool J
#39. Dreams don't have deadlines ...
LL Cool J
#40. I'm a real person that cares about his art and cares about what he's doing. I have a heart and a soul and I want to touch people and give.
LL Cool J
#41. Handsome brother with a smooth goatee, makes me wonder why he act so ugly.
LL Cool J
#42. 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.
LL Cool J
#43. People will feel the way they feel.
LL Cool J
#44. 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.
LL Cool J
#45. You beefed cause you heard that I was cursing in my raps, 86, still you wanna run and get the straps.
LL Cool J
#46. 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.
LL Cool J
#47. To me, my peers are Bruce Springsteen and Mick Jagger. I'm not talking age-wise, but in terms of careers. Madonna. Those are my peers. And I'm okay with that.
LL Cool J
#48. Conquering the world with words, leading the children like herds.
LL Cool J
#49. Do something that gets you closer to your dream today!
LL Cool J
#50. All you ladies that are selling your souls, you need to put your hooker vibes on hold.
LL Cool J
#51. How dare you ever in ya life walk past me without acknowledging their man as God.
LL Cool J
#52. You have to always continue to strive no matter how hard things get, no matter how troubled you feel. No matter how tough things get, no matter how many times you lose, you keep trying to win.
LL Cool J
#53. I'm sexing raw dog without protection.
LL Cool J
#54. Me and Frosted went to get a drink.
But she ordered somethin' bugged, and I ain't know what to think.
She ordered potassium, calcium,
Carbohydrate, scotch with sodium.
She took me to her crib, threw me on the couch ...
I woke up the next morning with a spoon in my mouth.
LL Cool J
#55. I don't think you should go around talking trash about people because I think that's how you get your hat handed to you.
LL Cool J
#56. My feelings about Michael Jackson are simple I think that um he's a human being like everyone else and I'm a huge fan of Michael and um nobody is perfect.
LL Cool J
#57. What I'm sowing today, I be reaping tomorrow
So here's some joyful bars, to replace your sorrow.
LL Cool J
#58. I'm good at what I do, but I wouldn't be so bold and arrogant as to say something disrespectful about, say, Eminem. He's talented and he's good at what he does.
LL Cool J
#59. I'm not trying to keep up or adapt. I'm allowing myself to grow, evolve and create new music.
LL Cool J
#60. When I die, bury me on my stomach and let the world kiss my ass.
LL Cool J
#61. What I don't do is try to like become whoever I'm rapping with. The people who go get an LL album want to hear LL.
LL Cool J
#62. 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.
LL Cool J
#63. I've been training as an actor for six years. Nobody goes to acting school for six years. I mean, the college course is only four years! I absolutely trained.
LL Cool J
#64. I think the guy who has had the better films is Will Smith. I don't know if he's a better actor than me. I don't think so. I am a rapper first. Man, I just love what I do. I am just the greatest and I can't help it. I'm sorry man.
LL Cool J
#65. When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.
LL Cool J
#66. Sometimes you've just got to grab an apple - or grapes, or strawberries. Something that's healthy but maybe a little bit more adventurous, if you can see fruit as adventurous.
LL Cool J
#67. Harmless and innocent until they're taught to be violent and militant.
LL Cool J
#68. 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.
LL Cool J
#70. Friendship, trust, honor, respect, admiration, this whole experience has been such a revelation.
LL Cool J
#71. Dreams don't have deadlines. Believe in yourself.
LL Cool J
#72. The mind of a drunken fool is a useless tool.
LL Cool J
#74. I just look at the high and bright side of things.
LL Cool J
#75. Nobody is perfect, but life is about choices.
LL Cool J
#76. What I say on a record and what I say off a record is two different things. And that's always been the case. There's a difference between confidence on a record and arrogance.
LL Cool J
#77. When you have a clear vision of your goal, it's easier to take the first step toward it.
LL Cool J
#78. It's hard being the king, but somebody's got to do it.
LL Cool J
#79. I do about 90 percent of my own stunts, and the things I can't do for insurance reasons, like swinging out of a flying helicopter, I wouldn't want to do anyway.
LL Cool J
#80. 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.
LL Cool J
#81. As a young boy you gave me whoopings to save my life.
LL Cool J
#82. I'm not just a rapper. I'm an entertainer. That's the difference.
LL Cool J
#83. My radio, believe me, I like it loud,
I'm the man with a box that can rock the crowd.
Walkin' down the street, to the hardcore beat
While my JVC vibrates the concrete.
LL Cool J
#84. 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.
LL Cool J
#85. You don't need to be the good guy to get a good message out.
LL Cool J
#86. Perm in your hair or even a curly weave,
Wichya New Edition Bobby Brown button on your sleeve.
I tell you come here, you say, 'Meet me half way,'
Cause brothers been popping that game all day.
LL Cool J
#88. That's one of the good things about music. You get to do it live, where you can touch the people and interact with them.
LL Cool J
#89. The person that made me want to make movies, and the reason I do films, is Bruce Lee. He was an incredible actor, and he had a lot of charisma. Handsome, action, you know, everything was there. I loved Bruce Lee.
LL Cool J
#90. 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.
LL Cool J
#91. Money is small and the soul stands tall. All those who don't realize this, fall.
LL Cool J
#92. The secret to it all is just to enjoy what you're doing. This is not working at the coal face, this is not sweeping behind a restaurant. It's work, but it's not work. It gives me a different type of energy. I'm grateful for that.
LL Cool J
#93. Lil Wayne is talented. He seems to be the dominant figure in this particular era of hip-hop. So you know, he's doing his thing.
LL Cool J
#94. I've got to see my movie to see how I'm acting, see what little things I can learn about my craft.
LL Cool J
#95. How others judge me is none of my business.
LL Cool J
#96. 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.
LL Cool J
#97. I think I'm the best, of course. How could I not?
LL Cool J
#98. 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.
LL Cool J
#99. Something smells fishy and they say it's you, all I know is that you made it with the whole damn crew.
LL Cool J
#100. Stay focused, go after your dreams and keep moving toward your goals.
LL Cool J
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