First things first, I'm da realest.

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.

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.

Women in music have the bigger balls anyhow we endure much more harassment and critic.

How satisfying it is to leave a mark on a blank surface. To make a map of my movement - no matter how temporary.

Joblessness gives you access to a vast number of resources

No lifetime is long enough for those who wish to create, Raul. Or for those who simply wish to understand themselves and their lives. It is, perhaps, the curse of being human, but also a blessing.

I love to hear the story of how stars sacrifice their life to receive only one memorable kiss from the Earth.

Sorry I painted the word 'twat' on your garage door.

Words pale and lose their savor while pain is always new.

A Libyan rebel has admitted to killing Moammar Gadhafi. He said he shot Gadhafi twice in the temple, to which Michele Bachmann said, "I didn't even know the guy was Jewish.

At times one feels that what is being said in the West is that the fact that you are a Muslim predisposes you to this blind, stupid terrorism.

There is no recovery for anyone without lifting the lid on the pain of the past and letting in the light.

Any time one seeks to produce for a larger public one inevitably has to drop material that would only be understood by a particular group.