LL Cool J Quotes

This is my sixth series, and I'm burned out wondering if a show is going to change my life. Don't get me wrong, I love when people recognize my work. But I've given up worrying about whether it'll be seen by two people or two million or 22 million.

I just want to make music as long as I can and reach as many people as I can.

I love knowing that people are connecting to my lyrics, my music and me.

I'm the type of artist who touches people, that's the type of artist that I am.

I love acting, but music is so much more rewarding because it's more personal.

I think the thing that is meaningful is when I can tell that someone's been affected by the movie or by anything I made.

When someone pursues music through your music, that's the greatest accolade anybody can get.

It feels really good that people are connecting to my music so much.

Music was the first art form I ever had.

It's all about the audience and the people who support your work and respond to it. So, anytime I hear that 'Next to Normal' is affecting people, it goes beyond my wildest dreams of what I set out to do when I started to write 'Next to Normal.'

Every artist wants his or her work to connect with someone. I think that's why people make art.

I felt like my mixtapes were me flirting with my fans.

People often reach out and comment on how they relate to my lyrics, which makes me feel very warm inside.

I think any artist wants their artist to be seen and appreciated and enjoyed by as many people as possible.

Yeah, um, I do twitter because I want people to, you know, get to know me, my fans, or my fans to get to know me, you know, just see what type of person I am. You know, hopefully be more on an intimate level with me as opposed to a distant level.

The biggest change is I get to play my music for the people.

Anybody that wants to take a picture with me I'm more than happy - I'm excited about it. I'm building that personal connection with the fans and keeping it.

For me, getting my personality across is so important in getting that connection for people that enjoy my music.

When I'm dead, gone or whatever, people will always remember my name and the music I did during my time.

I've always felt that if people just came to one of my gigs, all would be revealed.

There's no drug in the world that can compare with playing music.

I make art primarily for myself and to show my friends, so I guess it's important to make art that they can connect to.

When I read a book, it's Lou Reed's voice narrating it.

As an artist, it feels good that we've created something that is connecting with the audience, which is what we always strive to do.

The goal every day of my life is to make some sort of artistic difference on a more profound level than just moshing.