I think the kids today need to hear more about morals and values.

I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.

If you enjoy the fragrance of a rose, you must accept the thorns which it bears.

I always keep my head down, working, doing things, moving forward. That's what I've done all my life. Then you stop and realize what you've done.

I don't sit back and count up what I've done. There's just always something else to do. There's always a challenge ahead.

I love soul. But I love a tune that has some meat in it. Something I could hang my hat on. Because music is universal.

Know the business, learn the business, own something.

Don't slip into the traps, and don't forget about your 'hood, the kids in the 'hood. Remember, you're disposable, so take advantage while you can.

Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honoured.

There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry toward religious beliefs... begins.

Self-expression is always a right, but its still not there to be abused.

We all have a voice. Some a whisper, some a roar. If you can roar, roar for others. If you can only whisper, keep trying. Every roar started small.

Rap comes from the oral tradition. The oral tradition gives voice to those who would've otherwise been voiceless.

I used to think I could shape the circumstances around me, but now I know Jesus uses circumstances to shape me.

I think the best-written films or television series have a measure of the opposite of what they are.

Pick the assumptions to pieces till the stuff they are made of is exposed to plain view - this is the cardinal rule for understanding the basis of our beliefs.

Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.

We cannot escape that Hollywood is in the middle of a wave of technological change. The current angst over all the implications of new entertainment technology is nothing new.

The Old West is not a certain place in a certain time, it's a state of mind. It's whatever you want it to be.

These are true felicities. No joy beyond these joys. Love is the only ecstasy, everything else weeps