I don't think about other people. If I did, I'd wanna compete. But I don't think like that, because I'm above everybody.

I wanna be selective... very selective. Right now, hip-hop's very boring to me. It's no excitement.

I been through some junk. It ain't all been peaches and cream.

The same people who smile in my face would be the same ones to talk behind my back.

Everyone wants to work with the big new producer or the hot new singer. The key is to find them before they're hot.

My style is to take something unexpected and make it into a hit. That's what I do.

It hurts when people put you down.

Greatness can never be over because you can lay it down for a minute.

I have ideas whirring around my head all the time.

You don't question where the music comes from, because it all comes from God.

I don't have beef with nobody.

The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience the task of surviving prosperity.

But what are you going to do about the people who are cursed with both hearts and brains?

Some lines are born quotations, some are made quotations, and some have "quotation" thrust upon them.

In an asana, the mind has to reach inside the body to find a quiet space until a point comes where perfect balance is felt.

Conflicts between nations will continue to arise. The real issue is whether they are to be resolved by force, or by resort to peaceful methods and procedures, administered by impartial institutions.

Being a failure at living your own life as best as you can is better than being a success living the life somebody else says you should live.

In reality, the monotheist texts preach neither peace, love nor tolerance. They are texts of hate.

My parents were marvelously educated people.

I want to say to anyone who works in a drone workplace, raise the bar! There's no reason why you have to dress to the lowest common denominator.

For a long time I managed to think two things simultaneously, that I am actually a good playwright, and that the next time I write a play I will be revealed as someone who is no good at all.