As a child, I remember my dad would sometimes drive me into town with him to play pinball machines together. It's a bittersweet memory but also a favorite.

There's a difference between being yourself and being your stereotype.

Anyone's happier when they're not being verbally abused all day long.

No one can break me down. I know my worth and its a beautiful thing.

Really good things take time to grow. Foundation is not built over night.

First things first, I'm da realest.

Pledge allegiance to the struggle.

Once you go great, you never go good..You never go back, even if you could.

I'd known since about eleven that I wanted to live in America.

Luxury lives in the finer details. It's a cloth napkin at a dinner table. It's a mint on your pillow before bed.

For me, visuals are as important as the music. I just love escapism and giving people something to escape to. To me, that's what art is.

Time itself is created through deeds of true kindness.

The arrogance and brutality of empire are not repealed when they temporarily get deployed in a just cause.

Silly me, thinking you actually had potential. I thought, Finally, she's realized she's a vampire. Now we're getting somewhere. But now you're just a big fluffy bunny with sharp teeth.

When you're making the record, you're not thinking about an audience, but you still need them and you want them.

There's nothing like getting yourself into character and seeing a different person. It really wears on your vanity.

Global governance is just a euphemism for global government.

Displaying a bland, even an eerie, disregard for what appeared to be the facts of the situation, he fell back on an old habit of looking ahead to the next defeat.

Sports, music, movies - basically, fans of any form of entertainment don't do a resume analysis before picking their favorite.

You'll regret opening your mouth. You'll rarely regret keeping it shut.

Some imitation is involuntary and unconscious.