I'm one of those firm believers that good music will prevail.

Seven out of 10 Americans are one paycheck away from being homeless.

There's a harsh reality - nothing lasts forever. You have to be ready to grow, and grow fast.

I think there's always room for people to hear different styles of music, especially when it comes from the heart.

I didn't want to do the whole, get the hottest person thing. I wanted to make sure every record felt right.

People in the record business would say, Well, Pras, you know, you haven't been out in a while, maybe you should get today's hottest producer or rapper to do something.

There's a lot of madness going on out there. Artists can only be what they are, but the industry only goes with what they think people wanna hear.

In life we try to grow and better ourselves. As an artist, I feel like I've grown tremendously.

I'm confident being at Universal, which is a great home for me, 'cause they understand what I'm trying to do.

I grew up in a hospital and as a child I played in the dissecting room

Books and movies, they are not mere entertainment. They sustain me and help me cope with my real life.

Everything is fair and possible in love, war, and politics.

I liked, I admit, that we didn’t pretend there hadn’t been other girls. There was always a girl on you in the halls at school, like they came free with a backpack.

There are times when having too much to say can be as dumbfounding as having too little.

To say that most of us today are purely expansive is only another way of saying that most of us continue to be more concerned with the quantity than with the quality of our democracy.

What's in a name? That is what we ask ourselves in childhood when we write the name that we are told is ours.

Excellent. They were flammable.

Age is suspicious but is not itself often suspected.