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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

Life Is Too Short, Here, Short Time

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

Through, More, Been, Qualified

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

Best, Doing, Anybody, Lyrically

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

Young, Sometimes, Through, Harassed

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

- Coolio

Military, Ever, Would, Vacation

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

- Coolio

Come, Hip, Hop, Golden Age

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

- Coolio

Big, Big Brother, Again, As Much Money

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

- Coolio

Doing, Records, Prefer, Doing Good

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

Waiting, Me, Play, Sax

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

- Coolio

Saved, Pretty, Like, Hip-Hop

'Gangsta rap' is a derogatory label.

- Coolio

Label, Rap, Derogatory, Gangsta

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

Winner, Some, Most, Order

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

- Coolio

Innocent, Nothing, Guy, Nice Guy

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

Thought, More, Tolerant, Faces

I've been rapping since 1979.

- Coolio

Been, Since, Rapping

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

Career, Through, Always, Rapping

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

- Coolio

Doing, Movie, Angeles, Los Angeles

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

Will, Some, Damage, Pocket

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

- Coolio

Never, Beat, Sons, Videogames

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

Humble, Next, Very, Promised

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

- Coolio

Perspective, Want, Provide, Well-Rounded

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

- Coolio

Every Day, Go, Part, Ate

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

Enjoy, Some, Away, Ate

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

- Coolio

Gun, Side, Waving, Wrong Side

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

- Coolio

Love, Big, I Love, Cartoons

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

- Coolio

Think, See, Human Being, Entertainer

We take pride in what we do.

- Coolio

Take, Pride

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

My Life, Bad, About, Grow Up

I've basically got an album full of singles.

- Coolio

Album, Got, Basically, Singles

I perform for soldiers because they are important.

- Coolio

Important, Because, Perform, Soldiers

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