Top 50 Xzibit Quotes

I’m in a unique position in that my career in music is not over and I have other television things and ventures I can get into. So, it’s like I can be very selective when it comes to movie roles.

I do things that I feel in my heart. I do things that I feel are right.

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

Well, my father was a marine so you know how that is.

Jail sucks all the way around.

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

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

I’m energetic.

I like big engines and cars with power.

We all get our breaks and our taste of entertainment in different ways.

Music is my heart.

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 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.

When you glorify yourself to the point where you can’t relate to a regular person, then you distort your expectations and your values.

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

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

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

I’m not feeding my kid off movie roles so it’s easy for me to say ‘no’ to things but it’s important for me to have this presence and I know it’s easy to stereotype and pigeonhole certain people that come from a certain genre but I can do more than a lot of people expect.

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

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

Don’t ally yourself with people who don’t help you succeed.

I don’t have to, like, try to come out with pop music because I feel that that’s gonna make me sell a lot more. I mean, I make the music I love to make and that’s it.

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.

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

I did not go to college.

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

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.

It never gets old seeing somebody do something positive for somebody else.

There was a time when I was making a lot of money and moving very fast. I didn’t like who I was. I could tell by the company I was keeping.

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

As a creative, you want to see things elevate, not digress.

My fans deserve all the attention I can give them, but my son deserves his father.

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

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.

People need to have the courage to be themselves.

I have a very good support team and system behind me, and I have people who really understand the vision I have for stepping into the future.

What I miss is a time when hip-hop music had integrity; there was some kind of message. Not in all the music, because it’s not for that, but there was at least something that got through that had some content that was sensible and positive, not just hooky junk-food rap.

It seems like once you get on any kind of mass media’s bad side, you are like free-range chicken. It’s like open season on you.

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

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

Dada has always been competitive and respected and I’m excited to design and promote a shoe that represents both of us so well.

I don’t really care what people think of me.

Whenever you have the opportunity to reach out in your community and educate kids and help give them a sense of belonging, you’re doing something good.

Black people don’t really see ghosts or aliens.

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

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

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.

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.

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