Combs: "If you dream and you believe, you can do it."

Combs: "I take pride in being one of the most successful producers in hip-hop history, having the most successful record in hip-hop history, I have the most number ones."

Combs: "I'm hyperactive, and I went in the studio and I would just start making records, for no reason."

Combs: "At an early age, I started my own paper route. Once I saw how you could service people and do a good job and get paid for it, I just wanted to be the best I could be in whatever I did."

Combs: "I want to have a cultural impact. I want to be an inspiration, to show people what can be done."

Combs: "I'm like a child inside and I really get excited, so sometimes when I'm trying to go to bed, I'm so excited about the next day that I can't go to sleep."

Combs: "All I've been trying to do all my life is to make great music."

Combs: "I've always been a daydreamer. When the other kids were playing, I was listening to the roar at Yankee Stadium - I was always attracted to the roar of the crowd."

Combs: "I've got to take a break, to be honest. I'm not even going to lie."

Combs: "I'm in the studio 24 hours a day. It's true that once you get a certain level of success, you become a target. Talk magazine should be ashamed of themselves."

Combs: "Smell is incredibly important and sensual; it communicates who you are."

Combs: "Music is the most powerful form of communication in the world. It brings us all together. Even religion separates us, but a hit record unites us across religious beliefs, race, politics."

Combs: "Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn - we wouldn't be who we are without them."

Combs: "We used to talk about wanting to get some money, but that's when hip-hop was based on your dreams and your fantasy. The whole thing now is the dreams and fantasies were achieved, and you don't want to make it the focal point. You can't keep beating that dead horse."

Combs: "I don't believe in fear - I live my life without regrets."

Combs: "You can't start changing things in your past. Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn - we wouldn't be who we are without them. I certainly wouldn't be who I am."

Combs: "One of my weaknesses is that I actually have a conscience."

Combs: "Don't get yourself in certain circumstances or instances, because it's not a good feeling to be sitting in that chair where you've got 12 people that are in control of your life. You have an opportunity to be in control of your life for yourself by the decisions that you make."

Combs: "It's okay to be crazy, but don't be insane."

Combs: "I got a chance to have my dream come true, and I wanted to make sure I made the decision as to when I dropped my last album. If I don't feel like this album is an incredible piece of work, then I'm cool with the albums I've done. I don't have to put out another album."

Combs: "I feel safe in white because deep down inside, I'm an angel."