I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road.

Videos are more like photography. It's not as much about trying to tell a story as it is creating images.

Before high school ended, I started applying to college. It really wasn't even a choice because of the brainwashing of my parents.

I had short hair for a while, but I ended up loving it.

I believe in fate, I believe in hard work, and I feel like if I just keep marching, the path will kind of appear before me.

You can't copy style, you gotta create your own.

I never set out to be a role model, but I guess parents like it because I am dedicated to school.

I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of.

Is America truly a democracy? Has America ever been a democracy with the institution of slavery?

I'm going to go to school. It doesn't matter what the outcome is as long as I did it. I can say I did it.

Will Smith said if I ever need some help, he was there for me.

Life is mostly an exercise in being something other than what we used to be while remaining fundamentally — and sometimes maddeningly — who we are.

It is better to go skiing and think of God, than go to church and think of sport.

The world is how we see the world. Some people see the world good, the other people see the world bad. Every person has an idea of the world with a subjective [viewpoint].

Of all the exotic aromas and experiences from my sojourn in Ethiopia, it’s the frankincense I miss most.

I never even had the time to read novels.

Education is an organic necessity of a human being.

Never let your emotions overrule your head.

These are questions for action, not speculation, which is idle.

Better hope deferred than none.

I love 'Mad Men' & 'Nip Tuck.'