I really believe in the last name Hoffa being something powerful. You want to live your life to bring honor to that name.

It takes a strong character for a person to say, 'I can't do it.

All I wanted to do was please my adopted family.

At first I could not believe what I was reading. I got up from my seat and walked away, talking to myself that I may have found my mom.

When you're growing up, you want to feel part of something.

You want to try to find your heritage.

When you have lost people like I lost my birth mom at a young age and you remember the whole process of losing her, you want to grab on to something that makes you whole.

Every answer you ever need lies within your own silence..

At first she beckoned and lured one into her world; then, she blurred the passageways, confused all the images, as if to elude detection.

I have seen hate born of fear, hate speaking in the name of God and truth, hate holding up a distorting mirror to fellow human beings.

Surely it is not true blessedness to be free of sorrow while there is sorrow and sin in the world. Sorrow is a part of love and love does not seek to throw it off.

I don't have a particular ambition in any medium. I just want to keep telling stories. If somebody pays me, also good.

The harder it is, the better you become.

There is no shame in falling down but there is pride in getting back up.

Dress gives one the outward sign from which people in general can, and often do, judge upon the inward state of mind and feelings.

Journalists are interesting. They just aren't as interesting as the things they cover.

There is still consciousness in hip hop.