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.

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.

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

Often it takes more guts than skill to open doors. Once the doors get opened, then it's up to you.

There are people out there waiting for you. Indeed, you are the only one who can bring joy in the heart of people. Yes, sometimes only with one smile.

Data has no ego and makes an excellent co-pilot.

They tended to look at his lips, for his transient gaze was dizzying, though the mouth, you see, the mouth was also a danger, for the teeth would do the unraveling.

Living for the satisfaction of only one part of my body (my mouth) [is] unholy.

My mother is a poem that I could never write for she deserves multitudes

If you think everything is someone else's fault, you'd be wrong. If you think everything is your fault, you're also wrong. Assigning blame can keep you stuck in the problem. Move on to solutions.

Pettiness separates; breadth unites. Let us be broad and big.

Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion.

This is not about creating a giant. It's about creating the sustainability of the steel industry.