I didn't want to do the whole, get the hottest person thing. I wanted to make sure every record felt right.

Seven out of 10 Americans are one paycheck away from being homeless.

There's a harsh reality - nothing lasts forever. You have to be ready to grow, and grow fast.

I'm one of those firm believers that good music will prevail.

I think there's always room for people to hear different styles of music, especially when it comes from the heart.

People in the record business would say, Well, Pras, you know, you haven't been out in a while, maybe you should get today's hottest producer or rapper to do something.

There's a lot of madness going on out there. Artists can only be what they are, but the industry only goes with what they think people wanna hear.

In life we try to grow and better ourselves. As an artist, I feel like I've grown tremendously.

I'm confident being at Universal, which is a great home for me, 'cause they understand what I'm trying to do.

God knows we all have to at least try to justify our behavior so we don't feel too guilty about it later.

Sometimes we laugh to keep from crying, but the important thing is to laugh, every chance we get.

The deviation of man from the state in which he was originally placed by nature seems to have proved to him a prolific source of diseases.

The world is infinitely more complex than it appeared to me 15 years ago.

Death is the opening-and the closing-of a Door.

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.

Anybody that forms a group, writes songs and releases records and says they don't care if people like them are complete liars.

At the moment I was mad enough to chew up nails and spit out paper clips.

Gingrich - primary mission Advocate of civilization Definer of civilization Teacher of the Rules of Civilization... Leader (Possibly) of the civilizing forces...

Well, we in America are about to break up with oil. Why not break up with poverty and discrimination too?