I like The Smiths - I would love to do a song with The Smiths, because they are so sonically different.

True artistic expression lies in conveying emotion.

You are so much more than you are in this moment; you never know how great you can be. Don't give up on you, I didn't give up on me.

Guys pit female rappers against each other because female rappers - if you haven't noticed of late - are a lot more interesting than guys.

I can choose to be happy, or choose to be miserable every day - waiting until I die.

I don't know, I feel like as time has gone on, hip-hop has become really redundant and repetitive.

I was going to go to school to become a neurological surgeon.

Being honest with the public is how they respect you.

I think of religion as something that stains the person. It's a mindset you can never get free from, it's always in the back of your head.

Love is boundary-less.

There's a huge difference between who I am when I make music and who I am the rest of the time.

Life in this village is like that of a louse hanging on to a wrinkle in a loincloth.

I don't panic unless I have to. Wastes energy.

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

Whoso neglects a thing which he suspects he ought to do, because it seems to him too small a thing, is deceiving himself; it is not too little, but too great for him, that he doeth it not.

Let individuals create real wealth, empower them, create something that they can leave for their children.

I'll admit I'm a workaholic.

Though we cannot by our prayers give God any information, yet we must by our prayers give him honor.

I don't like hype cluttering art.

You must be passionate, you must dedicate yourself, and you must be relentless in the pursuit of your goals. If you do, you will be successful.

Innovation means saying 'no' to a thousand things.