Puff Daddy Quotes

• "Words cannot express how proud I am to be carrying the Olympic Torch for my home, New York, New York - the greatest city in the world."
• "You go into any club in the U.S. and you're gonna hear at least 30 percent of music with some Bad Boy involvement. We are proud to be the team... We were hated on, then loved, then hated on. But we are still here. You can always guarantee on us to hit you with a hot record."
• "When I decided I wanted to be an actor, I said I wanted to work with quality actors and directors."
• "This whole Puff Daddy thing has taken a toll on me."
• "We used to talk about wanting to get some money, but that's when hip-hop was based on your dreams and your fantasy. The whole thing now is the dreams and fantasies were achieved, and you don't want to make it the focal point. You can't keep beating that dead horse."
• "There's a huge AIDS epidemic in Africa, and one of Bad Boy's plans this year is to give more awareness to that. We're gonna be doing a big charity concert helping to save some of the brothers and sisters in Africa."
• "This is my 10-year anniversary producing, making music and... you're not what you were 10 years ago. It's just a natural evolution and having wisdom."
• "The only thing I'll say about Jennifer is she's somebody I'll always love, and that I'll always love her and we'll always be friends."
• "It's okay to be crazy, but don't be insane."
• "Man, I just feel blessed... I was in a situation where the only way I could come out of it was by putting my faith in God. No matter how good my lawyers were, no matter how much celebrity I had, everything was just stacked up against me."
• "It just gets draining on a person being in the papers every day. So I was like, I'm gonna come back here. I want to talk to all the people, the fans. I want to let them know how much I appreciate all their support."
• "It feels like I could go outside with a bikini thong on right now."
• "It is going to be changed to straight P. Diddy. You could call me P. or Diddy, or P. Diddy. I just want something fresh, man."
• "If you dream and you believe, you can do it."
• "If you're looking for a deep album or you're looking for me to talk about past situations, it's not even about that. It's just 14 hot records that are gonna make you dance."
• "I've got to take a break, to be honest. I'm not even going to lie."
• "I've never really taken more than four days off, so it was a lot for me to go away for three-and-a-half months. I went all over Europe. I walked on a whole bunch of beaches and I did a lot of thinking."
• "I'm hyperactive, and I went in the studio and I would just start making records, for no reason."
• "I'm in the studio 24 hours a day. It's true that once you get a certain level of success, you become a target. Talk magazine should be ashamed of themselves."
• "I wouldn't abandon nobody. I would be lying if I said I was just talking to everybody."
• "I'm glad the truth is out. I'm glad everyone knows I'm innocent, not guilty."
• "I think that's good that I have to watch how I act and what I say. I think that's a part of growing up."
• "I would never withhold information about the murder of my man Biggie, or anybody else. It's just silly and ridiculous. The accusations are just flying out. All I've been trying to do all my life is to make great music."
• "I just want to put positive energy out there. I'm not saying a curse word is putting out negative energy, but it depends what mood you're in."
• "I have so much respect for people in the theater. You can't do 10 or 15 takes. It's all live. It's like life in motion."
• "I just didn't think it was gonna be that big of a deal on an alleged gun possession."
• "I have had fans make me the big picture collages of the photo books; I have had fans send me birthday cakes... sing to me on my voicemail. I have had fans flash me. I have had older fans give me their bras and underwear onstage."
• "Have fun and listen to hip-hop and still have God in your life, without being overbearing, without being preachy."
• "I feel safe in white because, deep down inside, I'm an angel."
• "I got a chance to have my dream come true, and I wanted to make sure I made the decision as to when I dropped my last album. If I don't feel like this album is an incredible piece of work, then I'm cool with the albums I've done. I don't have to put out another album."
• "Fans made me. The fans gave me a chance, and they made me. Beyond that, my career has been trials and tribulations and ups and downs, so I have to have true fans riding with me."
• "Everybody's just been spilling their guts all over records and talking about how hard it is to be an entertainer and how much we get hated on and what we have to go through. But I ain't really got it that bad. I'm just happy to be here."
• "Don't get yourself in certain circumstances or instances, because it's not a good feeling to be sitting in that chair where you've got 12 people that are in control of your life. You have an opportunity to be in control of your life for yourself by the decisions that you make."
• "Bad Boy will be versatile acts, but to be honest, I've got to not think about that for a while. To be totally real, I have to take a leave of absence for a couple of months, half a year, whatever it is, just to walk around, enjoy life, just be out of the public eye for a minute."
• "Bad Boy Entertainment did not shoot anybody. I didn't shoot anybody."