You're only the boss if you put up your own money.

A real man won't ask or answer questions about another man's money.

It's important for people to believe in themselves.

Work harder than everyone, be patient, and just know that if you're going to do something on your own, you're gonna have to feel some pain.

I always knew that content was the best way to sell things, but my thing was, why sell other people's stuff if I have a point of view?

You speak things into existence, but there's a gift and a curse with that. You got to be careful what you say.

I'm not one to be paying too much attention to what another dude's doing.

'Hustle & Flow' came out, and I was really rooting for 'Hustle & Flow' because, you know, it was a hip-hop movie, and it was a good movie. It was well acted.

How can another man call another man boss? That's like calling another man 'Daddy.'

I don't complain about other people's game - I just create my own.

Number one, I am a true movie maker. And, you know, I am very much - I don't want to say infatuated, but I'm impressed with the art of making a movie and invoking emotion. You know, when I started making movies, I thought it was easy, and then when I got into it, I was like, 'This is not easy at all.'

I'm never gonna owe money because every time I get a dollar, I put it into another business, whether it's to buy goods or develop other companies. You don't have money; you have companies. That's one business model. That's mine. And I only associate with other people that are putting up their own money, 'cause they're the only ones that can relate.

The worst disrespect of all time is to disrespect someone's children.

It's important to be enlightened.

I'm a businessman who puts up his own money, so I don't have time to hear about emotion. I gotta get right to the point. I'm going to tell you the truth, I'm going to address the elephant in the room, and we'll all move forward.

Part of keeping work and life in balance is surrounding yourself with people that have similar aspirations.

Being independent is everything. That's all I know.

I might have companies, I might have buildings, I might have art. But money? No, I'm not holding that.

Freedom is priceless.

There's certain lines you just don't cross. You know the one thing that will get a man out of pocket is when you mess with his children.

I think I'm extraordinarily motivated.

When I was young, I read the Bible, and I already knew what it meant to be the good guy - and look what happened to Jesus. So, I already understood that you get ridiculed for telling the truth, and I've always been aware of that. But, I'm a guy with confidence, and I'm not afraid.

God does things and put certain things in front of you to see how strong you are.

I'm an authentic person: I can talk about diabetes and how it affects you because I'm actually diabetic, and I know how much help a person needs, whether it's support physically or just understanding and being conscious of what diabetes really is.

There's things that I see that I did on videos when I was younger that I be like, 'Damn, I was bugging.' Champagne Dame, that dude, he was bugging. I don't even know that guy.

If somebody asks you the same questions 25 times, maybe 2,500 times, do you still want to talk about the same thing?

When my children look and ask about what I do, they know I'm the boss.

I've never tried to be accepted. When everyone is doing one thing, I've always had the instinct to go the other way. I don't understand how an individual with their own mind, their own values, and their own beliefs can be so willing to just follow what everybody else is doing. How can you make history doing what everybody else is doing?

I don't believe in bullying in any form, but especially not on my children.

I work to go on vacation. Hopefully, the more money I make, my vacations will get a little longer to the point where they last a year.

If I feel that somebody is hurting other people, then I'm going to make sure other people know - other people know about them.

I don't think my success or me having the opportunity to have success is from our generation. I think it's from the generations before us. I think it's the fact that people like Martin Luther King and Medgar Evers and people like that fought for us to have the freedom to do and say what we want and have the opportunity to make money.

If I have an accountant that just reports I just invested $10 million in my business, and he doesn't exactly itemize where every cost goes, it gives a flag to the government. They want to make sure that the reason I'm not paying taxes is because I'm reinvesting in these businesses and not trying to hide stuff.

If you're not talking about the truth, I don't even want you around me.

It's funny: when the press knows someone's gonna say something stupid, they're quick to pass them a mic and put a camera on them, and everybody talk about it.

When I had daughters, I realized that I wouldn't never do anything to a girl that I wouldn't want done to my own daughter.

I enjoy doing businesses without anyone's help.

I don't wanna be yelling all my life. How loud did I have to yell to say that Jay-Z was the man and the best rapper of all time?

I got cribs all over the place and offices all over the place, and sometimes I lose track of my stuff.

I enjoy business, being an entrepreneur on every level. I really enjoy it.

I know how cool I look when I look in the mirror.

I'm proud of Jay Z's success and Kanye's success. Inside, I feel like I had something to do with their success... I don't have anything but positive things to say.

Lee Daniels, even though he owes me $2 million, I picked that. I put him in business.

We not from Hollywood, so I'm not playing Hollywood's game.

If you give a bipolar man a mic, I don't know what you expect.

I want to be as creative as I want. I don't ever want to have to compromise; I don't ever want anybody ever to tell me what to do, I don't ever want to argue with somebody because of my vision.

What I've been noticing with the milennials is that they'll pay for quality.

Fashion week is always going to be necessary, but it's not going to be for everybody.

I'm sick of talking about it. I wanna talk about something else. No more Jay Z questions. I answered them.

I'm not a mogul; I'm a tycoon.