Coolio Quotes

I don't have to ask you where you've been, cause the matches in your purse say Holiday Inn.

I don't think we should really be judging on Chris Brown like that until we know what Rihanna did. We all got reasons for what we do. Look at me. I'm one of the top 10 performers of all-time. I had to beat this one mermaid ass in a seafood restaurant over some shrimps. No lie. You just never know.

I came to Baku the same way I would go to Texas - because they asked me to come and play hip hop.

Forget about Batman, Superman, and the Power Rangers, cause I'll be your hero if you're ever in some danger.

I've basically got an album full of singles.

I'm actually a little bit more tolerant than I thought I was. I've got kids, so I do have a lot of faces.

I'd only do Big Brother again if you paid me three times as much money.

I have seven children. Even if you got a lot of money, feeding 5, 6, 7, 8 mouths, it will do some damage to your pocket.

I don't consider myself a gangsta rapper. But I'm probably more qualified to be a gangsta rapper than people who call themselves that. I've been through that life.

Throughout my rapping career, I always cooked for myself and anyone I worked with. It's what actually kept me grounded through those crazy years.

On how to make an egg roll: "Roll it nice and tight like a blunt."

I was hungry a coupla' times but for the most part I ate every day ... I got to go to school for free.

I started cooking from watching my mom. My mother was a really, really great cook.

If it wasn't for the military I probably would not have ever come to Bosnia for vacation.

If knowledge is power and power is knowledge, then how so many idiots be graduating from college?

Elesa slept with Mark and Mark slept with Tina. Tina slept with Javier, the first time he seen her. Javier slept with Loopy, and Loopy slept with Rob. Rob slept with Lisa who slept with Steve ...

Life is full of hardships, pimp slaps, and sorrow.

I don't do concept records anymore - I just prefer doing good songs.

I finished the movie a month ago in downtown Los Angeles. I had a lot of fun doing it.

I love cartoons. I'm just a big kid.

I'm never doing a new album. I'll probably do nothing but singles. I'm as good as anybody out there lyrically and conceptually and can go toe to toe with the best of them throughout history. But I don't know how much longer I'll be doing it. It's not really fun anymore.

I know I'm just one man trying to do one thing, and the next day is not promised to any man. I'm very humble.

Because I'm a young black man driving a really nice, expensive car, I sometimes get harassed when I'm rolling through a ghetto neighbourhood.

I come from the golden age of hip hop when all the greats came on the scene.

I just think it's my responsibility as a human being and an entertainer to see the soldiers.

Let me tell you the truth: I'm 45 years old. I never thought that I would live to see a black president.

When my mother first passed away some time ago, I didn't enjoy food anymore. I just ate to live. My mother had always cooked so well that I didn't think I could follow her.

Pixie and Dixie just did a drive by on Donald Duck, but they shot and missed and now Bugs Bunny is getting kind of pissed.

We take pride in what we do.

I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streets.

Everything I cook tastes better than yo' momma's nipples.

My name ain't Steve Miller, but I fly like an Eagle.

I've been rapping since 1979.

I'm the ghetto Martha Stewart, the black Rachel Ray.

Gather up your pity and turn it to ambition.

I'm a winner; I win most of the time. But in order to be a winner, you have to lose some of the time. I'm a terrible loser.

Pimpin' ain't easy, but it's necessary, especially if you wanna fully utilize the power of your kitchen. You can't have your spatulas and whisks runnin' around like they own the place. Having the right utensils is a good start, but then you gotta show them who's the boss up in this bitch. In this chapter, I'm gonna tell you what you need to get started, what you don't need, and how to know if you're ready to become a full-fledged KP.

I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24?

I perform for soldiers because they are important.