“The best thing you can do is think about your loved ones. That's the t...” — Rev. Run Quote

“The best thing you can do is think about your loved ones. That's the thing that motivates me the most. I want to be around and I don't want to let anybody down. Based on those feelings and emotions - they keep me on point. If you think about your loved ones, it'll motivate you.”

“I'm the pizza kid.”

“You can always forgive; that doesn't mean you're going to ever forget. You might walk around with hurt.”

“As Run-D.M.C., you travel the world. But you get on a tour bus, you get off the tour bus, and then you're back on the tour bus, so you don't really get to see the town you're in.”

“Well, I started out as a DJ. Then I put together Run-D.M.C. and it kind of blew up from there.”

“If you don't hear somebody the first time they tell you something, the next thing you know they've been mad at you for weeks. You've got to keep your ear out for that kind of stuff.”

“I don't think I'd like to be anybody else inside.”

“Mercer was very clever. He knew the way Southerners spoke and put that into his lyrics. But in that whole era, you had the best. Harold Arlen was just fantastic. Cole Porter was better than anybody, and Gershwin was Gershwin, y'know. Johnny Mercer started Capitol Records, and he brought in Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Nat King Cole.”

“It doesn't matter how good you are, it's about connecting with your audience. It doesn't matter how technically good you are, if nobody wants to watch you then you're no good to anybody.”

“And I will never, ever respond to anybody - man, woman, vegetable, or mineral - who tells me to keep my mouth shut.”

“In my career as a director, there's always been some point where you get halfway through it, or three-quarters, and you go: 'What is this thing all about, and why am I telling the story? Does anybody really care about seeing this?' At that time you have to say: 'OK, forget that and just go ahead.'”