I grew up on the bus, or riding my bike, or catching the subway, I've never had a car. In college, any girl I ever dated had a car, too.

Less is more. Simplicity is awesome. That's all you need in life. Its just my personal philosophy.

I think it's important to evolve and grow and take risks creatively, instead of repeating yourself and doing the same thing over and over.

I've put myself in this position where I haven't set myself up with a Plan B. I don't have a safety net; it's all in.

If you want to get your point across, you gotta cuss.

If you push yourself to stay hungry, you're always working towards at least taking steps forward. If you're taking steps forward, then you're making progress.

The boys in the hood are always hard.

Police on my drawers I had to pause 40 ounce in my lap And it's freezing my balls

Movies don't make people act a fool. People act a fool because they want to act a fool.

Get thee behind me Satan, and push me along. I'm kin to the devil.

Jumped In The Fo' Hit The Juice On Ma Ride I Got Front Back, And Side To Side

And no bathroom on earth will make up for marrying a bearded man you hate.

We turned an anthem into an assignment, a poem into a job description.

Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.

Only one fellow in ten thousand understands the currency question, and we meet him every day.

I love New York City. I love that I get to live there and I love everything about it.

The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.

I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace.

People are a lot smarter than anyone gives them credit for being.

I look spooky but I’m really nice.

Perfectibility is one of the most unequivocal characteristics of the human species.