There is no excuse for perjury - never never never. There is truth and the truth demands respect.

Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt.

I remember I read this harsh review about my show and one of my friends told me that this was the exact same stuff people said about Madonna. And it's like she didn't care. Madonna just came out and was herself. I respect that a lot.

Let them hate me provided they respect my conduct.

I've had the greatest respect for my work in this country by Americans. Critics have no brains.

I have no confidence issues with the impact or the quality of the music. No one in hip-hop before this point and to this point with all due respect has done this.

Picasso is a character that has pursued me for a long time and I always rejected. He deserves a lot of respect because I am from Malaga and I was born four blocks from where he was born.

Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're big enough people are drawn to you.

Every once in a while you live long enough to get the respect that people didn't want to give while you were trying to become a senior citizen.

Plus you know when I was young there was a lot of respect for clowning in rock music - look at Little Richard. It was a part of the whole thing and I always also believed that it released the audience.