Mase Quotes

I had to take time away from music, to make sure that I was doing the right thing and that my life was going the way I wanted it to go and not the way other people wanted it to go.

I have been in Atlanta, just working on getting my insides rich, so I can be rich on the inside, as well as on the outside.

I felt like I could be a huge asset to the hip-hop community. It is a genre where everybody is expressing themselves. I felt like I had something else to express that hasn't already been expressed.

Just the opportunities you can make for people. In this business, you can become a millionaire overnight, and you can do so many great things with a million dollars for people. You can give people chances that they would never otherwise have.

What makes it so powerful is that I may not be the first one, but I am the first one doing it the way I am doing it. My situation is different than the ones previously. Most people go to God because they have to. Everything I have ever done is because I wanted to and not because I have to.

I have sitcom options right now, I have cartoon voice options, I have radio personality options, just a lot of options. Ultimately I have to be led toward my purpose, and my purpose is the enlightenment and the light of people. It's not that I am better than them, but I just want to give them another option. Younger people need an option. Not everybody is going to be a big rapper or a big singer. Their life isn't a failure if they don't end up on the hottest label, or if they don't sell 10 million records. People need other options, and I am here to offer them options.