I just want to be happy. You know what I'm saying? I just want to be happy, and I want to be able to make somebody else happy.

I'm like a child inside and I really get excited, so sometimes when I'm trying to go to bed, I'm so excited about the next day that I can't go to sleep.

I was like a wonder kid at Uptown. The first record I produced sold two million copies - and I'd only produced it because the producer didn't show up.

I'm against all war.

My message is all about peace.

I miss my kids sometimes and that can get me down when I've been away working, but then I wake up and recognize how incredibly lucky I am. Spending time being down is less time out there achieving and enjoying.

I love New York, it's always been my home. It has everything - music, fashion, entertainment, impressive buildings, huge parks, street cafes. And it's very international, with people from all over the world.

I take pride in being one of the most successful producers in hip-hop history, having the most successful record in hip-hop history, I have the most number ones.

I was proud of working 18 hours a day and sleeping three hours a night. It's something now that has turned into a problem for me: not being able to sleep... having insomnia.

If I change my name again y'all can have me certified as crazy. Alright?

All I've been trying to do all my life is to make great music.

At an early age, I started my own paper route. Once I saw how you could service people and do a good job and get paid for it, I just wanted to be the best I could be in whatever I did.

I can't say that I've fully achieved my dream yet. I'm just starting to evolve.

It is going to be changed to straight P. Diddy. You could call me P. or Diddy, or P. Diddy. I just want something fresh, man.

This whole Puff Daddy thing has taken a toll on me.

I wouldn't abandon nobody. I would be lying if I said I was just talking to everybody.

I've got to take a break, to be honest. I'm not even going to lie.

It just gets draining on a person being in the papers every day. So I was like, I'm gonna come back here. I want to talk to all the people, the fans. I want to let them know how much I appreciate all their support.

I have so much respect for people in the theater. You can't do 10 or 15 takes. It's all live. It's like life in motion.

I think that's good that I have to watch how I act and what I say. I think that's a part of growing up.

If you're looking for a deep album or you're looking for me to talk about past situations, it's not even about that. It's just 14 hot records that are gonna make you dance.

I've never really taken more than four days off, so it was a lot for me to go away for three-and-a-half months. I went all over Europe. I walked on a whole bunch of beaches and I did a lot of thinking.

I just feel if you are an artist, you always have something to prove, if you are in music or in films, you have to prove that you can still do your best.

Being from New York, there's three things you know about Hollywood. You know about the Hollywood sign, Sunset Strip and Hollywood Boulevard with the stars.

I want to have a cultural impact. I want to be an inspiration, to show people what can be done.

When I decided I wanted to be an actor, I said I wanted to work with quality actors and directors.

I'm hyperactive, and I went in the studio and I would just start making records, for no reason.

It feels like I could go outside with a bikini thong on right now.

I'm glad the truth is out. I'm glad everyone knows I'm innocent, not guilty.

Music is the most powerful form of communication in the world. It brings us all together. Even religion separates us, but a hit record unites us across religious beliefs, race, politics.

I don't believe in fear - I live my life without regrets.

Smell is incredibly important and sensual; it communicates who you are.

Revolt is my new - cable music network. It's distributed through Time Warner and Comcast. And to put it simply, it is the ESPN of music.

Fans made me. The fans gave me a chance, and they made me. Beyond that, my career has been trials and tribulations and ups and downs, so I have to have true fans riding with me.

I've always been a daydreamer. When the other kids were playing, I was listening to the roar at Yankee Stadium - I was always attracted to the roar of the crowd.

It's okay to be crazy, but don't be insane.

Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn - we wouldn't be who we are without them.

I'm in the studio 24 hours a day. It's true that once you get a certain level of success, you become a target. Talk magazine should be ashamed of themselves.

My first big break came when I was five years old. It's taken me more than seventy years to realise that. You see, at five I first learnt to read. It's that simple and it's that profound.

There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man.

A martini. Shaken, not stirred.

I don't think I'll ever act again.

But I wouldn't call myself sadistic.

I don't know anything about baseball.

I find that fame tends to turn one from an actor and a human being into a piece of merchandise, a public institution.

The media already attempts to assassinate my character in Scotland when I'm there, so my position is much more effective if I'm outside Scotland and am part of the voice of what the Scottish National Party is about.

People used to call me Bond in the street. It was impossible to avoid crowds of people all over the place and blinding flashguns. The Beatles had to run the gauntlet as well, but at least there were four of them!

My dear girl, there are some things that just aren't done, such as drinking Dom Perignon '53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That's just as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs!

But as a Scot with a lifelong love of Scotland and the arts, I believe the opportunity of independence is too good to miss. Simply put there is no more creative an act than creating a new nation.

There's something fundamentally wrong with a system where there's been 17 years of a Tory Government and the people of Scotland have voted Socialist for 17 years. That hardly seems democratic.