Coolio Quotes & Sayings

I'm as good as anybody out there lyrically and conceptually and can go toe to toe with the best of them throughout history. — Coolio

I love cartoons. I'm just a big kid. — Coolio

People treat me nice 'cos I treat them nice. — Coolio

I have seven children. Even if you got a lot of money, feeding 5, 6, 7, 8 mouths, it will do some damage to your pocket. — Coolio

When my mother first passed away some time ago, I didn't enjoy food anymore. I just ate to live. My mother had always cooked so well that I didn't think I could follow her. — Coolio

I'm the ghetto Martha Stewart, the black Rachel Ray. — Coolio

I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streets. — Coolio

I'd be a fool to surrender, when I know I can be a contender. And if everyone's a contender, then everyone could be a winner. — Coolio

I came to Baku the same way I would go to Texas - because they asked me to come and play hip hop. — Coolio

Forget about Batman, Superman, and the Power Rangers, cause I'll be your hero if you're ever in some danger. — Coolio

I want to provide a well-rounded perspective of life. — Coolio

Took flowers from a hearse, romanced a nurse. Put the girl asleep, then I went through her purse. — Coolio

Let me tell you the truth: I'm 45 years old. I never thought that I would live to see a black president. — Coolio

Elesa slept with Mark and Mark slept with Tina. Tina slept with Javier, the first time he seen her. Javier slept with Loopy, and Loopy slept with Rob. Rob slept with Lisa who slept with Steve ... — Coolio

I'm innocent. I've done nothing. I'm a nice guy. — Coolio

I finished the movie a month ago in downtown Los Angeles. I had a lot of fun doing it. — Coolio

I'm still waiting for someone to call me to cater their wedding. But that's gonna cost you. If you want my cousin Jerez to play the sax, that's going to cost you a little more. The sky's the limit after that. — Coolio

I come from the golden age of hip hop when all the greats came on the scene. — Coolio

On how to make an egg roll: "Roll it nice and tight like a blunt." — Coolio

I think anybody can cook if they take the time. — Coolio

As much as I would like to be the one who saved hip-hop culture, it's pretty much nigh-on impossible. — Coolio

I don't do concept records anymore - I just prefer doing good songs. — Coolio

I don't consider myself a gangsta rapper. But I'm probably more qualified to be a gangsta rapper than people who call themselves that. I've been through that life. — Coolio

I started cooking from watching my mom. My mother was a really, really great cook. — Coolio

We take pride in what we do. — Coolio

Acting is all about timing. I mean, who has better timing than the MCs? — Coolio

Because I'm a young black man driving a really nice, expensive car, I sometimes get harassed when I'm rolling through a ghetto neighbourhood. — Coolio

Everything I cook tastes better than yo' momma's nipples. — Coolio

But when I really look back on my life, being really honest about it and now that I've got the chance to travel the world, seeing how a lot of little kids grow up - my life wasn't so bad. — Coolio

I know I'm just one man trying to do one thing, and the next day is not promised to any man. I'm very humble. — Coolio

Life is too short to not have fun; we are only here for a short time compared to the sun and the moon and all that. — Coolio

Throughout my rapping career, I always cooked for myself and anyone I worked with. It's what actually kept me grounded through those crazy years. — Coolio

My name ain't Steve Miller, but I fly like an Eagle. — Coolio

I've basically got an album full of singles. — Coolio

I never let any of my sons beat me at videogames. — Coolio

I wasn't driving down the wrong side of the street, smoking marijuana, waving my gun out the window. — Coolio

I don't think we should really be judging on Chris Brown like that until we know what Rihanna did. We all got reasons for what we do. Look at me. I'm one of the top 10 performers of all-time. I had to beat this one mermaid ass in a seafood restaurant over some shrimps. No lie. You just never know. — Coolio

Why are we so blind to see that the only ones we hurt are you and me? — Coolio

This dish ain't just called Karate Meat because it's got an Asian kick to it. It's called Karate Meat because it will beat you up like a pigeon in prison. — Coolio

Pixie and Dixie just did a drive by on Donald Duck, but they shot and missed and now Bugs Bunny is getting kind of pissed. — Coolio

If it wasn't for the military I probably would not have ever come to Bosnia for vacation. — Coolio

We live in a society created by an empire
That's based on terror ... welcome to the One World Era,
A complete interruption to your lil' paltry-ass life,
That you thought you was livin, and what you been given. — Coolio

I perform for soldiers because they are important. — Coolio

I was hungry a coupla' times but for the most part I ate every day ... I got to go to school for free. — Coolio

A mind is a terrible thing to waste was the slogan, but now it's 95 and it's don't forget the Trojan. — Coolio

Life is full of hardships, pimp slaps, and sorrow. — Coolio

Gather up your pity and turn it to ambition. — Coolio

Take some time and educate your mind, in the long run I'm sure you're fine. — Coolio

I've been rapping since 1979. — Coolio

I'm never doing a new album. I'll probably do nothing but singles. I'm as good as anybody out there lyrically and conceptually and can go toe to toe with the best of them throughout history. But I don't know how much longer I'll be doing it. It's not really fun anymore. — Coolio

We got to push to give, and one life to live. — Coolio

I don't have to ask you where you've been, cause the matches in your purse say Holiday Inn. — Coolio

'Gangsta rap' is a derogatory label. — Coolio

I'd only do Big Brother again if you paid me three times as much money. — Coolio

I'm a winner; I win most of the time. But in order to be a winner, you have to lose some of the time. I'm a terrible loser. — Coolio

They say I need to learn, but nobody's here to teach me. If they don't understand, how can they reach me? — Coolio

I just think it's my responsibility as a human being and an entertainer to see the soldiers. — Coolio

I'm actually a little bit more tolerant than I thought I was. I've got kids, so I do have a lot of faces. — Coolio

Pimpin' ain't easy, but it's necessary, especially if you wanna fully utilize the power of your kitchen. You can't have your spatulas and whisks runnin' around like they own the place. Having the right utensils is a good start, but then you gotta show them who's the boss up in this bitch. In this chapter, I'm gonna tell you what you need to get started, what you don't need, and how to know if you're ready to become a full-fledged KP. — Coolio

I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24? — Coolio

If knowledge is power and power is knowledge, then how so many idiots be graduating from college? — Coolio