Few rappers realize the genre sprang from West African griots through Delta slave songs to jazz poetry and the comedic trash talk of 'the dozens.'

Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.

I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe.

Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.

Let's not get too full of ourselves. Let's leave space for God to come into the room.

You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff

I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you're supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.

Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.

The process is the most beautiful part.

I've always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, "Ain't that the truth."

The only music I don't like is bad music.

The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

They bowed down to him rather, because he was all of these things, and then again he was all of these things because the town bowed down.

You talk as if Bea were a trophy.''No, as if she were a blessing, ' Fermin corrected.

I’ve learnt that eyes don't change. No matter how old or beat up you get, your eyes stay the same.

I would much rather have been merry than wise.

We could go work on curing cancer. We could go work on building spaceships. We could go work on art projects. What's fun about working at Asana is we get to work on all of them at the same time.

Power is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice is love correcting everything that goes against love.

there is nothing sorer to the spirit than falling below what one's lover thinks of one.

There are parts of L.A. that feel very, very Mexican, and there are weird little enclaves of Northside in Mexico - Cancún for instance. So what is a border?

Everyone happens for a reason, learn it and move on. Don't be bitter about what happened, be happy about what will