I remember Marvin Gaye used to sing to me, He had me feelin' like black was the thing to be.

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.

Time is the Mind of Space.

You can't write a story until you've felt it. Breathed it in. Walked with your characters. Talked with them. That's why you come here. To live your story.

I would not know how I am supposed to feel about many stories if not for the fact that the TV news personalities make sad faces for sad stories and happy faces for happy stories.

Your power comes from the songs.

We need to work on the world so it will not be so oppressive.

When your parents split up, it's impossible to delude yourself about fairytale romance and happy endings.

I have intentions as a writer, but people - when they're listening to a track - will take from it what they interpret.

When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.

I know what it's like not to have food in the fridge or money to buy more.

We come to feel as we behave.