I only wrote one song in jail. But I'm writing new album - you're going to feel the entire 11 months of what I went through on this album. I'm venting my anger.

Don't believe everything you hear: Real eyes, Realize, Real lies

Life's a test, mistakes are lessons, but the gift of life is knowing that you have made a difference.

If you let a person talk long enough you'll hear their true intentions. Listen twice, speak once.

Trust me I never lose. Either I win or learn from it

God will judge my heart, Man will judge my actions.

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.

You never stop loving someone. You just learn to live without them.

My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'

Long live the rose that grew from the concrete when no one else ever cared!

I didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose me.

Wisdom is not in intelligence but in simplicity.

Happiness is when you fight for souls that barely hang on.

An object dies when the gaze that lights on it has disappeared.

You can have control. You can have growth. But, you can't have both.

When once you have got hold of a vulgar joke, you may be certain that you have got hold of a subtle and spiritual idea.

What it must feel like, I thought, to look at something, anything really, and know that it’s for the last time?

Nurture doubt as a creative strategy.

The American Dream is ownership … a house, a car, a vacation home and, even better, your own business

Editing is a natural extension of collage making. It's actually one of the few areas that women were able to excel in in the film industry from the beginning.

Not too many people in America know about me, but all of Europe knows about me.