I really just like breaking down the barriers, whether it means doing an album with Linkin Park, an album with R. Kelly, or playing at the Brandenburg Gate with Bono.

Don't tell me what was said about me. Tell me why they were so comfortable to say it to you.

Remind yourself. Nobody built like you, you design yourself.

Everybody look at you strange, say you changed Like you work that hard to stay the same.

You not feeling me, fine. It costs you nothing, pay me no mind.

A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who.

Don't ever go with the flow. Be the flow.

I seen the worst of the worst. I deserve every blessing I receive I'm from the dirt.

You can pay for school, but you can't buy class

Everybody can tell you how to do it but they never done it

Identity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it, but to try to understand it, and use it as a foundation to grow.

You've got your Brain, Google, and most importantly, you've got Youtube. Use'em!

[An example of misattribution:]If you don’t know the source of a quote, you can always make it sound better by attributing it to me.— Mark Twain

one's rules of propriety make one thirst for the improper.

Progress isn’t always good. There’s a reason why ‘breakneck speed’ is described as such.

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

It is pain that ages us, not years.

Flattery makes fools of the best of us.

It is in this way that I went forth to teach.

Parrots have gone a bit quiet since pirates have gone.

Praise Allah, for by praise His blessings multiply.