Every piece of music is not for everybody.

If you see yourself reflected in art, you feel validated.

We need to do stuff we've always done, even though you might not like it.

All the songs are pieces to the puzzle. They each represent something different. So it's really difficult to say one song represents the album.

Hip hop is still strong. As an art form, music helps people express themselves, find meaning in their own lives and connect with their tribes.

Hip hop has evolved, thankfully. Kids are making music that is important to their lives and outlooks.

There are songs and artists now who are trying to do the same thing: be honest to their experiences.

Some people’s self-esteem was secretly improved when they discovered that their then-lovers had killed themselves over them.

I don't know if I realized that I was funny, but I realized how healing and important humor was in my childhood.

Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom of thought and freedom of action.

The outcome of fear is disappointment and shyness is frustration.

He did not feel the ground under his feet - he thrust himself into the capriole, rose high in the air-forelegs and hind legs horizontal. He soared above the ground, he head in jubilation. Conquering!

I put on my dream-cap one day and stepped into Wonderland.

Careerism is the determination to reign in hell rather than serve in heaven.

Live right, he reminded himself, and have faith that good things will flow from you even if you never learn of them.

There is an amazing something in the American psyche which speaks about courage, and it says, 'Yes I can,' ... Yes, we will overcome it all because we have the spirit to do so.

I'm not like a gorgeous bombshell or anything like that.