You can fool this country you legit, but I know you ain't nothing but a punk ass gangster.

Bunkie [to Lucious]

I never wanted him anyway.
Cookie. I know.

Lucious

You messing with the wrong bitch, Lucious. I know things.

Cookie

Cookie: I just want you to know, everything I did was for you and your brothers. I ended up where I ended up for you and your brothers.
Hakeem: What you want a medal bitch?

It was your sacrifice that made a lot of this possible.

Lucious [to Cookie]

Listen to me, you different, okay? It's only something mama knows but it's going to make life real hard for you sometimes. But I want you to always remember, I got you. You hear me?

Cookie [to Jamal]

Cookie's coming home.

Cookie

I started selling drugs when I was 9 years old in Philadelphia. I did it to feed myself. But it was the music that played in my head that kept me alive when I thought I was going to get shot. And it was the melodies that I dreamt about that keep me warm when I was sleeping in the streets.

Lucious

Empire Season 1 Episode 1 Quotes

Cookie's coming home.

Cookie

I started selling drugs when I was 9 years old in Philadelphia. I did it to feed myself. But it was the music that played in my head that kept me alive when I thought I was going to get shot. And it was the melodies that I dreamt about that keep me warm when I was sleeping in the streets.

Lucious