I like to make sure that I'm believable. If I don't believe me, then there's a lot of people that don't believe me, but if I can believe that I'm doing it, then I know the audience will, too.

My favorite song is Eminem's 'Rap God.' That joint is just incredible, It's six-and-a-half minutes of him just crushing the whole game. It's so different from what I hear if I listen to the radio.

I grew up in a rough environment. You want to be strong and have your presence felt out there. That attitude reflects how people see you.

I have my own method [of acting]. I come from, I've interrogated people; I come from an undercover background, so it's hard to teach an old dog new tricks.

The first day, in particular, is always one of those weird days because you get ..., you're thrown into this new trailer - here's your wardrobe.

No person, relationship, or religion should complete you. They can enhance whatever is already there, but completion of the self comes from within, not from anything beyond that.

A sudden peace and excitement washes over me at the sound of a voice I’ve never heard, yet I know so well.

Progress means taking risks for you can't steal home and keep your foot on third base.

I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.

You don't have to go to New York and you don't have to go to LA or London. Go somewhere cheap. Go somewhere with free art museums and then just go to art museums.

When one is frightened of the truth then it is never the whole truth that one has an inkling of.

I expect the hip-hop audience to be avant garde. I want them to be where I'm at or beyond where I'm at.

Drawing is the art of taking a line for a walk.

And a proverb haunts my mind As a spell is cast, The mill cannot grind With the water that is past.

This earth is a garden, this life a banquet, and it's time we realized that it was given to all life, animal and man, to enjoy.