I've gotten my personal life all the way intact and made sure that it's straight. Without that, you have no foundation. Your building is going to crumble.

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.

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.

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.

The words you can't find, you borrow.

I love telling stories, telling jokes, making people laugh. Ive got no plans to stop doing it.

War is the father and king of all.

Everyone's just telling me that there's this rumor going around that I'm dying of cancer

Writing and rewriting are the same thing to me. I don't believe what Allen Ginsberg said that "first thought, then - " I just don't believe that.

To attain his dream, the warrior of light needs a strong will and an enormous capacity for acceptance.

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

I think unintentionally I gravitate towards concepts and topics that hit home or are something real we can all relate to.

From black and white to a sepia tone, some dreams come with a tint or in monochrome

Abstention from labor is the conventional evidence of wealth and is therefore the conventional mark of social standing.