I had six silly tattoos done when I was young and I bitterly regret them. I've thought about laser surgery, but that leaves a scar, so I'm just leaving them.

Hip-hop don't have no fresh energy, none at all. It's money driven, everybody tryin' to make that cheque, nobody putting art in their albums any more.

The world doesn't need another clothing company. But it does need a certain funk.

They can bite, but cannot be us, They can come and pick up little slang but cannot see us, You ought to be ashamed trying to fit in my adidas, So Run like DMC like you don't know you got no heater

Everybody's got opinions on the way you're livin', But see, they can't fill your shoes.

I said, 'What you wanna be?' She said, 'Alive.' It made me think for a minute, then looked in her eyes ...I coulda died.

If models are made for modeling, thick girls are made for cuddling.

Nothing lasts forever, so what makes love the exception.

Everyone has an addiction, mine happens to be you.

I've learned that I'm most powerful when I'm doing my art.

SAD, BUT ONE DAY OUR KIDS WILL HAVE TO VISIT MUSEUMS TO SEE WHAT A LADY LOOKS LIKE.

Anything which is physically possible can always be made financially possible

What's poetry?" I've never heard the word before, but I like the sound of it. It sounds elegant and easy, somehow, like a beautiful woman turning in a long dress.

Greatness lies not in high or outstanding ability. It lies simply in the willingness to use what we have for others. The greater the 'other people' dimension, the greater our personal 'greatness'.

Our first responsibility is not to ourselves. Our first responsibility is to our country and to our God.

Those who are waiting for an epiphany to strike may wait forever. The artist simply goes to work, making art, both good and not so good.

There are always a half-dozen things that make 80%of the difference. Only SIX things!

You can't have oil without oil spills.

As human beings we have vulnerabilities. We also have power, but we can't just be powerful all the time.

I have a great relationship with animals, and with children. I get to their level. I try to see the way a child looks at the world, it's hugely different.

Do not brood. It makes the moment you are living in unavailable for learning and life.