Hate to sound sleazy, but tease me, I don't want it if it's that easy

Don't believe everything you hear: Real eyes, Realize, Real lies

Life's a test, mistakes are lessons, but the gift of life is knowing that you have made a difference.

If you let a person talk long enough you'll hear their true intentions. Listen twice, speak once.

Trust me I never lose. Either I win or learn from it

God will judge my heart, Man will judge my actions.

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.

You never stop loving someone. You just learn to live without them.

My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'

Long live the rose that grew from the concrete when no one else ever cared!

I didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose me.

I read the story about the loaves and fishes and thought about Jesus gazing at the hungry crowd, saying to his anxious, doubting, screwed-up followers: "You give them something to eat." So we did.

There is more reason to say grace before beginning a book than there is to say it before beginning to dine.

The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion.

Everybody is looking for a reason to not to take responsibility for their own actions in hand.

It is our mind, and that alone, that chains us or sets us free.

Usually, a Range Rover would be beaten away from the lights by a diesel powered wheelbarrow.

Lions would have fared better, had lions been the artists.

I remember going to see Amiri Baraka. It wasn't actually too long before he died. He said, "You've got to write to change the world!" I was like, "Not me, no, no, no, no."

Journey from the self to the Self and find the mine of gold. Leave behind what is sour and bitter and move toward the sweet.

Even in the midst of devastation, something within us always points the way to freedom.