Mannie Fresh Quotes

I'm not doing this to be a pop star. I've had plenty of money and attention. I'm doing it for credibility.

I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.

Ninety-nine percent of people now call me The Hoff - and it's out of respect.

I guess ultimately a lot of comedians just wanna be taken seriously.

I don't want to just sell out shows to young girls who like my movie franchise. I want to sell tickets because people respect me.

If you gonna challenge my ways, know my history. Don't put nobody in my face that don't know about me, or they here to write an article on someone they thought was hot when they was hot. Come on, man. I been hot.

I don't ever want it to be about me. A friend of mine told me, 'The difference between fame and notoriety is fame is when people know you, and notoriety is when people know your work.' The first one is not respectable, but the second one is, because that leaves a legacy.

Working with Ice Cube was so tight. He's cool, and I really like how he does family stuff. My guy friends couldn't believe I was chillin' with him. Dudes love Ice Cube.

I try to be respectful about getting an honor or recognition, but I don't really know what the Rock Hall actually is. In my experience with the people who run it, I don't see it having to do with anything other than them making money.

When I went back to my old high school, all these kids looking at me like I'm the real big homie, the same way I look at Jay Z, Nas, or Dr. Dre. You would've thought Michael Jackson walked through that joint off the excitement that they had.

When I die, I want people to be like, 'Respect the music.' I don't really care if you hate me or like me - what I want badly is the validation and respect of the people.

Nas really introduced the world and a lot of people to me - that was ideal as far as me first coming in.

Which one of us, anywhere in the world, doesn't yearn to be believed when the audience is watching?

A good reputation is better than fame.

When your name gets mentioned with the great guys that played this game in the past, that's very big.

Being taken seriously was always the biggest challenge.

When I first was a part of 'The Monster,' I really wanted to put it out under my name, but no record label thought it was good enough - until Eminem liked it.

Our style of hip-hop, our style of beats, our style of rhymes - you gonna give us burn. We gonna get our burn that we deserve.

I'm not a celebrity, I'm a person, and when fans call me Diego, it's easier to remember that I'm no better than anyone else.

To be inducted into the Hall of Fame is a huge honor for any one person in this industry. It not only gives you credibility as the mark you made in the pages of history to the fans, but notoriety for the path you paved for everyone who followed in your footsteps.

I want to be taken seriously as an actress.

I think it takes a little bit of time for people to take you seriously.

When you're you long enough, you get to this space where people start respecting you.

Every year I win, everything I do, it cements my legacy.

It was a great feeling to be named an All-Star starter, to know that my hard work is paying off and fans around the world are recognizing that.