I'm light skinned, and I used to lean on that because that's something a lot of black people pride themselves on, and it's weird.

Some people are so poor, all they have is money.

Everybody's somebody's everything

Depending on the story that you're telling, you can be relatable to everybody or nobody. I try and tell everybody's story.

Sometimes the truth don't rhyme, sometime the lies get millions of views, funerals for little girls is that appealing to you?

Whats better than followers, is actually falling in love

Sometimes the truth don't rhyme

Kanye took me from a kid who listened to music to a kid who lived music.

Fame or perceived success - it all comes from groupthink.

Music can kind of make you one-dimensional. People see what's on the surface and what you rap about, and they make their decision on who you are from there.

For me, performing is the biggest part of being a rapper. There's nothing like the feeling of screaming your story to people.

To have extreme, laser-like focus, you must be willing to reject a lot of opportunities, even if they sound great.

You cannot find excellent corporate worship until you stop trying to find excellent corporate worship and pursue God himself.

But this kiss? It's ruined me. This is the type of kiss I never knew existed. It's like falling and flying, all in the same moment.

I think the failure of The American church to affirm the goodness of civilizational life is our greatest failing today.

Half the world does not know how the other half lives.

When I get home and turn on the radio, I hear songs that are new to me, but to everybody else they're old. I try to keep the music fresh in my head.

If you believe in what you're doing, you'll be successful.

Don't dip your beard in the foam, Father!" They cried to Thorin. "It is long enough without watering it!

There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side.