I got into music via the competitions; the first time I ever performed was in a kind of rap battle, competing for money.

I'm sure that in 1985, plutonium is available in every corner drugstore, but in 1955, it's a little hard to come by.

Your future is whatever you make it, so make it a good one

Trying to be funny is one of the hardest things on the planet. I think that's tough for everyone. If you're just naturally funny it's a hell of a lot easier.

Breaking up monotony is key to life and it doesn't matter whether I'm stacking shelves or writing songs, if I was doing the same thing every day I just couldn't take it.

The future's unwritten. It's what we make of it.

I don't have the desire to be the best standup in the UK but I do have the desire to be the best at everything else I do in terms of writing and acting.

With this kind of camera-phone madness we have got, moments are diluted into self-contained edited experiences.

While I was rapping I was always involved in youth work - I ran music workshops for teenagers and young offenders all the time and also ran a charity for refugee kids for a time.

I think the sensible thing would be to focus on one thing and be the best you can be at it. There is always that risk of spreading yourself too thin if you try to do too much.

I respect anyone who's honest to themselves and able to bring that into their work in an entertaining fashion.

people will focus on procedures and not notice anything that isn't just part of the procedures

Happiness is a choice, because being so much blessed doesn't make you happy, contentment does.

If one woman is suffering, then we are all suffering, and we need to put a voice to that.

Cease your insults to God, quit consulting flesh and blood. Stop your lame, lying, and cowardly excuses. Enlist!

When I got started in New York, if you were different from Miles & Dizzy it was very difficult.

Just because someone does not love you as you want, it does not mean that you do not love with all his being.

Where did all these damn Indians come from?

Fame is a fickle friend, Harry. Celebrity is as celebrity does. Remember that.

I recognize the lion by his paw.

The Chinese economy is growing at the rate of 9 percent; the Indian economy growing at the rate of 8 percent - enormous I think opportunities for two-way flow of trade, technology and investment.