LL Cool J

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

#always #big #had #hip-hop #history

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

— LL Cool J

#become #dreams #fear #free #go

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

#chains #clip #do the right thing #dollar #eight

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

— LL Cool J

#allowing #create #evolve #grow #i

Once the referee throws the ball in the air, it's either your ball or their ball and you have to just take your shot. ↗

— LL Cool J

#ball #either #just #once #referee

Once you achieve one goal, you should be looking forward to trying to build onto the next thing, and not just getting comfortable with what you're doing. ↗

— LL Cool J

#build #comfortable #doing #forward #getting

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

— LL Cool J

#hold #hostage #past #you #your

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

#colours #different #different colours #hope #i

At fourteen, I started sending out demo tapes. ↗

— LL Cool J

#fourteen #i #out #sending #started

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

#adversity #back #calm #grounded #most