“The first song I wrote was called 'Baby Darling Darling Girl,' and you...” — Nate Dogg Quote

“The first song I wrote was called 'Baby Darling Darling Girl,' and you know what's funny? It went, 'Baby darling darling girl, I really love your Jheri Curl.' I thought it was tight as hell.”

“It looks different seeing yourself on the big screen.”

“You can be more creative when you're not feeling like a slave. When you're on a record label, they have you like that.”

“Boys need fathers, and you can't do that in jail.”

“I met Snoop through church when we was, like, 13 or 14. You know, they had them little church picnics and basketball games, and that's where I got to know him.”

“A lot of black men get in desperate situations because they don't see any other avenues to make it. You make a couple of mistakes today, that's all she wrote. You're not going to get a good job; nobody's gonna hire a felon. You can't even vote. They just want to silence you.”

“At the end of the day, I can't curl up with people's opinions.”

“Using creative expression as a means to a professional end makes me curl up a bit.”

“I'm an entrepreneur, so I've got to be ruthless about 'me' time if I want to have any left to myself! I make myself leave the office by 8 or 9 P.M. most nights, even if I do curl up with my laptop and a glass of wine at home to get through email.”

“You know sometimes I just want to curl up on stage and lie there for a while - it's weird.”

“Everyday... well, if I'm doing it myself, I have my five-minute makeup routine, which is I do tinted moisturizer, and then I do a quick concealer, and I use our bronzer every day. And then I have to curl my lashes, and then I do our Quickie mascara, and that's it.”

“Try pitching a story of happiness to your editors, and their toes are going to curl up.”