A moment will pass, but a movement will last.

Life is what you make of it. Don't make excuses - make it happen.

Every underground artist has that little chip on his shoulder, like "I'm stuck here, and I'm trying to get out of this little hole that I'm in." You've got this core fan base, but it's limited.

America is fascinated with seeing people have nothing and turn it to something.

What's life if you're not enjoying it?

These palm trees like my old homeboys, hella shady

They see me rollin’, they hatin’

People get tired of the same old sound. They want something new.

When I get home and turn on the radio, I hear songs that are new to me, but to everybody else they're old. I try to keep the music fresh in my head.

I just try to do me, and I feel like it works.

If you're a humble person, and you walk in, and you start talking, people are going to be able to tell. You can't fake it.

They didn't realize that her clumsiness was not the ordinary kind, not poor coordination. It was just because she wasn't sure where the edges of her body ended and the rest of the world began.

It is wonderful what tricks our dreams play us, and how conveniently we can imagine.

What you’re thinking is what you’re becoming.

The flower is here, so let's dance here.

The holes are slowly filling up, and despite itself the brain will work until the job is completed.

By the time I was 7, I did walk-ons, catalogue modeling, you name it. In the Queens where I grew up, you didn't go bowling on Saturday; you went to dancing school.

I imposed black; it still going strong today, for black wipes out everything else around

Every luminary in the constellation of human greatness, like the stars, comes out in the darkness to shine with the reflected light of God.

The most reliable joy is to be out of doors, to be a creature among other creatures. I find it very restful.