I ain't acting when I'm on stage. That's why all the little love bugs who'll come and see me at Lovebox love me. They know it's the real me.

I'm sayin', why spend mine when I can spend yours?

I respect everybody, but at the same time, I carry myself with an aura that demands respect, too.

Life's a wheel of fortune and y'all can't buy a vowel.

Cruise the diamond district with my biscuit.

Take a journey to the realm of the truth.

I'm human, you're human. So they said, but inside we're all animals.

These devils find a way to get at'cha. All it takes is some green and your face on the screen.

The party don't stop, til the casket drop.

I love to reinvent myself, and that's because I am a very free person. I do what I feel, and I love who I am.

There are some people who still don't understand. But I know by the end of my fulfillment they will.

The feeling of freedom, driving into scenery as green and lush as a postcard of Ireland was close to bliss.

The studios don't finance anymore, they get outside funds.

We have always felt the sympathy of the world, but we would prefer the respect of the world to sympathy without respect.

To atone, I teach and try to set an example... I love spreading this stuff around. Just because it's trite doesn't mean it isn't right. In fact, I like to say, 'If it's trite, it's right.'

The most important factor for the development of the individual is the structure and the values of the society into which he was born.

As much as we may want to withdraw into a world of pure problem solving, we have to acknowledge that the most successful architectures are the ones you can actually convince someone to implement.

Do everything to the best of your ability.

I'm a Brooklyn boy. I was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised there, and spent most of my childhood there.

It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.

Happiness is a state of mind.