I've gone seventy-nine hours without sleep, creating. When that flow is going, it's almost like a high. You don't want it to stop. You don't want to go to sleep for fear of missing something.

No matter how hard you work to bring yourself up, there's someone out there working just as hard, to put you down.

Even when I was close to defeat I rose to my feet

Never let me slip cuz if I slip then I'm slippin'.

Try to be the king, but the ace is back.

It ain't that I'm too big to listen to the rumors, It's just that I'm too damn big to pay attention to 'em.

Don't be worried about the next man - make sure your business tight.

And even when I was close to defeat, I rose to my feet.

Those who are quiet will always cause riots.

Hear what the artists hear, and listen to the music the way they should, the way I do.

I apologize to the women I’ve hurt. I deeply regret what I did and know that it has forever impacted all of our lives.

Your mind is a gift. Your heart is a prize. Your soul is a blessing. Your life is a reward.

With my love I will touch you.With my love I will heal you.With my love I will surround you.With my love I will melt you.

Were a million people to believe in bullshit, it yet is just bull crap.

Too often we want to take stands to elevate us rather than elevate a cause.

Whatever belief I am practicing the Law of Attraction will validate with evidence.

I'd rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I can act and that's it. Hopefully that's it.

The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations.

Everyone lives three versions of themselves; a public life, a private life and a secret life.

No progressive knowledge will ever medicine that dread misgiving of a mysterious and pathless power given to words of a certain import.

The more one forgives himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is and the more he actualizes himself.