Top 107 Quotes & Sayings by Xzibit

We had to pull some strings to get off of Sony.

Music is the best way I can express myself, meaning that why I write and how I came to love music comes out through Xzibit. Who I am, who Alvin Joiner is, comes out when I pick up that pen and write.

I have always been aware of my surroundings.

Once you mature you start wanting different things out of life and wanting different things for yourself.

If you go into the wild, you don't try to tickle the grizzly bears.

Being broke and being in the street does not mean that you're keeping it real. I think that everybody that lives in a non-wealthy neighbourhood spends their time and energy trying to do everything they can to better their living standards. I'm no different.

I've made some leaps and bounds as an underground artist.

I know 'Napalm' seems like a military-themed album, but what it is, is just the backdrop and the imagery that we used.

Xavier Kingston was my second born son and he passed away prematurely. He lived for 13 days then he passed.

Busta Rhymes is my brother from another mother.

When I did 'Restless,' I felt that was a stepping stone.

I feel like the first album contained a lot of personal songs, like 'The Foundation' or 'Carry the Weight.'

I've definitely grown a lot as an individual, as a man, and as a father, and that perspective needs to be shared and put out there.

I'm one of those cats who could listen to Public Enemy and then pop that out and throw an NWA tape in there.

I think I've overcome a lot, and I feel like 'Man vs. Machine' was a fitting title to personify that struggle.

Iraq is just like New York. It's just like Detroit. It's where people live and raise their families.

Timbaland was crazy to work with. When he stepped in the studio, it was like working with Morpheus from 'The Matrix' - he stepped in with three beats and said, 'Pick one.' They all sounded crazy, but I could only pick one. I picked one and he hooked me up.

I just do my thing regardless of whoever I'm with: Eminem, Dr. Dre, Snoop, whoever.

You only grow old when you stop playing.

The things I used to say when I was 18, 19 or 20 aren't the things I'm feeling now, you know?

My music is the foundation of everything that I do, and my fans make it possible for me to keep recording.

It's impossible to have a personal life when you're constantly travelling.

The same kids listening to Papa Roach will listen to an Xzibit CD.

Once you realize security can't even secure themselves, how the hell they gonna secure you?

We been bubblin' in the Los Angeles underground for years.

I am the first millionaire in my family.

I've always had a lot of respect for E-40.

Instead of trying to police the entertainment industry we should strongly suggest that parents take a stronger role in what their kids get into.

I've been in an artist position. I've been in a management position.

Look at the Prius. It's a nerd car. Yeah, you're being environmentally friendly, but your dating life is gonna suck.

I did not go to college.

Black people don't really see ghosts or aliens.

The landscape of the music business has changed and I definitely have to take advantage of that.

Restless' was something totally different, and I couldn't use the same material. 'Man Vs. Machine' is scientific. It's broken down in a whole different way.

I want to support myself legally, and take advantage of the opportunities and organize and benefit from those choices.

I love the music, I love who I am. So that is the driving force to make everything else work.

I wish other people could be happy in what they do. The world would be a better place.

I'm old fashioned. I like the CD.

Whatever was banging, I would listen to it.

The man I was when I was 18 and 19, when I really wasn't a man, is not the man I am now.

I sold 2 million records on Loud, which was one-tenth of the size of Sony.

The car culture is part of living in Detroit.

Dr Dre has never told me a lie. I look up to him, not only as a business man, but just as someone who has become his own man in this business. He's always recognised the hard-working ethic that I have and given me opportunities based on that.

I did 'XXX: State of the Union' with Ice Cube because he and Samuel L. Jackson are some of favorite inspirations in life.

How can you not like the Lakers?

To put it in a nutshell, I'm known for basically killin' the rhymes, you know what I'm sayin,' goin' for it.

I know what it feels like to be treated incorrectly.

You know, social media unites us with our fans, gets the middle man out of the way, and you get to directly hear what they think.

Dre was extremely involved in 'Restless,' but I told him that the next record had to be called 'Man Vs. Machine' because I have specific topics and ways to work my writing for that topic.

Money is part of the game, but let's take this music as musicians to the next level, don't be recycling beats over and over and over again.

Restless' was cool. I wish I had more time to put it together.

I miss the willingness to go your own path and be original.

When I'm headlining something like the Up in Smoke Tour, that's when I'm headlining something.

The experiences that I've had in the music industry have given me a learning curve.

I took a strong stand to get away from Sony Records.

I'm doing things that feel good to my soul. I've had plenty opportunity to do other things, but it didn't feel right, and it wasn't right. And if it feels like work, then it's work. But if you have that opportunity to do what you love, and you can make a living out of it, then that's a blessing and I never take that for granted.

As hip-hop artists, you have to take the music seriously, not just as a way to get rich.

It feels good to be able to go from music to film and have a good transition and be given the opportunities I've been given.

Censorship is a touchy subject, all the way around.

Every project, I try to go up another level.