I only wanna go up the steps toward a different level of stardom. The BET Awards was one of those steps, the VMAs was another huge step. And the next step, eventually, hopefully, would be the Oscars.

Life is too short to worry about what others say about you. Have fun and give them something to talk about.

If you give up at the first sign of struggle, you're really not ready to be successful.

My goals are so high that I don't have time to relax, in any way shape or form.

The only time you should look back in life, is to see how far you have come.

Relationships are like farting, If you push too hard things could get messy real fast.

The day Rick Ross dives into the crowd, is the day we find out who his true fans are.

The best feeling in the world is seeing the benefits and rewards of hard work.

I think if someone gets kicked in the face it is their fault- they watched the foot come towards their face.

People who eat with their mouth open should be punched in the face.

Laughter heals all wounds, and that's one thing that everybody shares. No matter what you're going through, it makes you forget about your problems. I think the world should keep laughing.

Don't make a deal with the devil.

Out of sleeping a waking Out of waking a sleep.

That hunger of the flesh, that longing for ease, that terror of incarceration, that insistence on tribal honour being obeyed: all of that exists, and it exists everywhere.

You don't have to be a house to be haunted.

I can't know what I'm going to do before I'm in front of the lens. And I think that sort of makes it exciting.

Focus on the center of the chest, relax. Imagine a rose there. Feel it unfolding. Let yourself go and ignore your thoughts.

Bards of Passion and of Mirth, Ye have left your souls on earth! Have ye souls in heaven too, Double-lived in regions new?

In all my work, I'm interested in understanding big issues through the lives of individuals.

You know, a left-winger, the barrier to success if you're on the left in commercial radio is a mile and a half higher than it is if you're on the right.

This house was our dream-the gardens, the study, even the swimming pool. Even though I can't see John when I wake up in the morning, I can always feel him here with me.