I make music with no boundaries.

Everyday above ground is a great day, remember that.

I don't understand the word 'lose', I only understand the word 'learn'

There's no success without failure and no winning without losing.

If you continue to work hard, let that be the fuel to your fire.

Life is to live it, not to let it live you.

I'm taking all the negatives in my life, and turning them into a positive.

Don't be afraid to lose. Listen. And always invest in yourself.

Patience, passion and perseverance equals success.

Now look at the crowd. We’ve got everybody here tonight: Black, white, Asian, Latinos—and guess what? President Obama says we can all stay! God Bless America!

I'm sharp... What the street taught me how to do is how to hustle. How to make something out of nothing.

It just happens to be the way that I'm made. I have to write things down to feel I fully comprehend them.

Read yourself, not books. Truth isn't outside, that's only memory, not wisdom. Memory without wisdom is like an empty thermos bottle - if you don't fill it, it's useless.

On government & unions: the only thing worse than blind trust is blind mistrust.

I was going to sip on a diet soda, but a little voice convinced me I needed the extra calcium from a cup of hot chocolate.

My parents' marriage was very rocky. They were always arguing. When they split up when I was in my 20s, my brother and I were both delighted because we knew they weren't good for each other.

If you are using an adverb, you have got the verb wrong.

It's not that people want too much, it's that they want too little.

I've never been - I don't think I'm, like, a great A&R, by any means. I don't even know production lingo, in all honesty.

With every movie, we will spend a season of prayer just asking God what's on his heart, and we spent about a year, two years, in prayer, trying to figure out the direction for the next film.

Michael left because of the Bulls' management, not because he'd lost his love of playing the game.