The Notorious B.I.G. Quotes

Although I have lost my gavel, I have not lost my voice. I will be heard from.

When I'm in the studio with other rappers, we talk about social issues.

I am the president now, the president of everybody.

My self-imposed mandate is to be the voice for the voiceless.

I've not given the poor people of Bihar heaven, but I have given them a voice.

The purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence.

I am the voice of my people.

The President is the ultimate role model.

You cannot dictate to those whose sense you are entrusted to represent.

One of the nice things about being chairman of the Civil Rights Commission is you can get people to listen to you. You can get the Federal Reserve to listen to you. You can get the governors to listen to you.

The more I'm pushed in a position of leadership and I know I have to be the mouthpiece for so many other people who can't speak for themselves, the more confidence I'm gaining.

You have to tell the people that you want to serve what it is you believe and what you are going to do on their behalf.

It is our job, our responsibility as their representatives to help them. If we choose not to do that, we should not be their representatives.

Give me your support, and I'll fight for you... I'll fight for you because I am you.

It's my job, with the position of power that I'm in and being able to be on television, I'm supposed to stand up for the people who can't stand up for themselves.

I hope that a lot of the men and women who feel forgotten in this country really see that they have in me a champion.

Primarily I see myself as so much more than a rapper. I really believe I am the voice for a lot of people who don't have that microphone or who can't rap.

It's an important job to be the public face of something that gives people hope, and I take that seriously.

The folks in this counrty need somebody that will stand up for them.

If you're going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.

In 'The Force Awakens,' women as well as men are in positions of authority. And you don't have to work hard to do that - it's not a statement, it's the world.

I want to be the true champion of the people, and I take a lot of pride in having that role.

I really don't think of power. I think more of service to the people of my state.

I'm known as a voice for a generation of people that don't have a voice.

The only thing that's serious to me about music is making sure marginalized people are included in the story.