I accept the fact that angels are great heavenly beings, and I think some people give me the feeling that I'm with an angel.

I'm not dismissing prostitutes, but a lot has changed. This so-called gentrification, it can never be stopped.

I'm from a middle class family but my father squandered all the money, so I didn't really run around with rich people. I was very judgmental towards a lot of them.

Some people will never be able to get their real self, but that's fine, because their fake self is also part of them.

You can't judge people by their cover.

We're all competent in different ways, we've just got to find a way to push ourselves up more.

Obviously you live life for yourself and have your choice to believe what you want to believe in, but I know that the Bible can be used to appreciate life.

Poetry itself is music. I'm just lucky that I can convert it into music.

That's how I always try to start my thoughts. I write them down first, eventually it turns into a poem, and if I feel like composing something to it, then I do that.

Happiness is overrated and money can't justify it.

When I started singing about my life and what I was going through, I felt more confident. It was my own life, I was being myself, I was telling people what was happening.

There’s no point to living life unless you make history and the best way to make history is to help others.

Jesus showed compassion for the hurting and the lost, and so should you.

I am so proud to be a Canadian.

We judge so superficially of things, that common words and actions spoke and done in an agreeable manner, with some knowledge of what passes in the world, often succeed beyond the greatest ability.

In everything I do, I find some of myself, or a lot of myself, and put it into the role.

The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.

Eating is one of the most important aspects of living. I like indulging. I like to eat one food at a time, to savor each individual thing.

Old age transfigures or fossilizes.

If I don't take care of myself, if I don't feel good about myself, how can I help others?