The Notorious B.I.G. Quotations

My real life helped me sell a lot of records.

Please, all you MCs out there, all you fans out there, don't think Big gonna make a record dissing 2Pac or the West Coast because it's not going down like that. I cant even see me wasting my time or my talent to disrespect another black man.

I'm basically different things to different people. If it's a guy, I'm-a probably have my guard up because it's a street rule that when men come around that I don't know, I just immediately throw shade on them. But I don't associate with fellas all that much; if it's a girl - a beautiful girl - I be nice.

I can't never stop nobody, can't knock nobody hustle.

I'm making music for the people. If y'all love the music, y'all gonna buy the music.

Growing up in the streets of Bed-Stuy, it was hard, yo.

With big folks, either people think you look mean or it's more of a jolly Santa Claus, 'Oh, he's just a pudgy little teddy bear pillow.'

The second time I went to jail, I was like, 'Okay, this is not the move.'