Hear what the artists hear, and listen to the music the way they should, the way I do.

No matter how hard you work to bring yourself up, there's someone out there working just as hard, to put you down.

Even when I was close to defeat I rose to my feet

Never let me slip cuz if I slip then I'm slippin'.

Try to be the king, but the ace is back.

It ain't that I'm too big to listen to the rumors, It's just that I'm too damn big to pay attention to 'em.

I've gone seventy-nine hours without sleep, creating. When that flow is going, it's almost like a high. You don't want it to stop. You don't want to go to sleep for fear of missing something.

Don't be worried about the next man - make sure your business tight.

And even when I was close to defeat, I rose to my feet.

Those who are quiet will always cause riots.

I apologize to the women I’ve hurt. I deeply regret what I did and know that it has forever impacted all of our lives.

Envy, after all, comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing something you've already had.

Every part of you is a master intelligence and is speaking truth to you, and through you, at all times.

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.

Serve the dinner backward, do anything - but for goodness sake, do something weird.

One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap. Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.

I don't think that's the only thing he did in those pants.

I don't watch television because I have a tiny baby daughter. I'm useless.

I haven't ever really had a goal to break that record or catch John Wooden.

I was married at 16, a father at 17 and divorced at 18.