LL Cool J Quotes

However, people need to understand that it ain't that deep to try and convince people of what your persona is. You are who you are, and what you are will show in time. What you aren't can be hidden, but eventually it will come to light. Long story short: rappers should never take themselves too seriously.

There's my personal life, my sensitive side, and then me as a performer, sexy and energised and fun.

My public persona is badly warped and bears little resemblance to the person those closest to me know.

Don't believe your own publicity. You can't; you'll start thinking that you're better than you are.

I never walk into a room and say, 'Hi! I am Vanessa Williams' daughter.' It helps me to become more authentic.

I think people kind of know me, although I am pretty private when it comes to my private life.

I don't think about being a public persona too much - I just get on with what I'm doing.

Some people say I'm arrogant or cocky but I'm a down to earth, decent guy.

I don't believe I ever come across as a know-it-all.

I think I do become someone else. In real life, I’m very shy, but people think I’m this angry, sexy kind of... god knows what they think! And there I am in front of them, nervous and blushing and stuttering and whatnot. So I’m definitely not the person you see in pictures. I mean, in pictures, you look like something you’re not.

I'm not a performer. If they're looking for entertainer-in-chief, I'm probably not the guy.

I'm not nearly the saint some of my fans imagine and I'm nowhere near the devil my detractors wish, so you simply take both of those with a grain of salt.

If there's anything I'm not pompous about, it's myself or my work. But I seem to be able to play it.

I don't want to be known as somebody that everybody knows about.

I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.

I'm not insecure, but I'm not like, 'Hi, I'm confident.'

When you're offstage, that's the footprint. That's the man God's gonna judge.

I think people think I'm harder and more arrogant and cocky than I am - because I know how to put on a front, but it's nothing like who I am inside.

People seem to be interested in me. So I try to keep my acting pretty simple.

I think fame is harder when people have something to hide, but I'm very comfortable, and have nothing to hide.

I'd like to get my public image nearer to my reality. People have a lot of misconceptions.

I guess I'm reasonably confident in all honesty. But I definitely don't think I'm arrogant. I'm pretty down to earth, I mean I'm genuinely down to earth.

It's strange for my friends when they see me on TV and in magazines, because the person that they see doing interviews and pictures on the red carpet is not the person that they know.

Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.

I'd rate myself an 8. I do have my flaws, but I'm a cool dude. If I wasn't myself, I'd kick it with me. I'm a down-to-earth person and all around cool guy.