“Without music I wouldn't have the ability to be in business. The opportunity to be in business came with the finances from music and the notoriety that comes with being successful as an artist. So I see myself as an artist first, but I'm absolutely conscious of business.” FirstsArtistOpportunityAbilitySuccessfulConsciousFinanceBeing SuccessfulWithout MusicNotoriety Author:Curtis Jackson
“The theater is a baffling business, and a shockingly wasteful one when you consider that people who have proven their worth, who have appeared in or been responsible for successful plays, who have given outstanding performances, can still, in the full tide of their energy, be forced, through lack of opportunity, to sit idle season after season, their enthusiasm, their morale, their very talent dwindling to slow gray death. Of finances we will not even speak; it is too sad a tale.” PeopleStillsPlayActorsOpportunityEnergySpeakGivenActingSuccessfulTalentPerformancesSeasonsTheaterResponsibleTalesFinanceEnthusiasmGrayTidesIdleProvenWagesOutstandingMoraleOutstanding Performance Book:Past imperfect Source: Past imperfect