I love to see my family together. That's what life is about. It's about family.

I'm married, I have three children, I never hit my wife.

People genuinely happy in their choices seem less often tempted to force them on other people than those who feel martyred and broken by their lives.

Half the hoes hate, half them love me. The ones that hate me only hate me cuz they ain't [expletive] me.

Broke with nothing to live for and damn ready to die young. I'm the shadow behind the gun, look what I've become.

As far as religion goes, I feel like everyone should have their own one-on-one with God.

I feel like unforgiveness, bitterness and resentment, it blocks the flows of God's blessings in life.

Lazy people tend not to take chances, but express themselves by tearing down other's work.

Don't hang out in your old neighborhood with your new cars and flash it to guys who don't have that. The only thing you're doing is making 'em hate.

I've always been a spiritual person who believed in a Higher Power. So, I've always had my 1-on-1 with God, even if I wasn't much of a religious person.

Every artist seems to me to have the job of bearing witness to the world we live in. To some extent I think of all of us as artists, because we have voices and we are each of us unique.

I could watch her dance for hours, Because she's always dancing inside of my heart.

Teach me to speak the language of men.

You are only greater than what you overcome.

As soon as we left the ground, I knew I had to fly.

Presentation skills are key. People who work for you represent your brand. You want them to present themselves - and represent you - in a certain way.

You're only as good as your last record and you could get dropped.

Truth and reconciliation' are always combined, but I would split them: I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.

I was already at an age when putting off anything was a bad idea.

Life is the best and only timekeeper.

I was never an activist, in the sense that I didn't really join a lot of organizations. I wasn't out in the streets. But what I did become was a writer. My activism was in writing.