I've never killed anyone but I've felt the emotion

It is a fight and struggle to just be yourself.

I really wanted my music to reflect my personal life and what I set out to do every day.

I always say, "When you know it's right, everything will fall into place."

If people wanted to fight me-because of my hair or because my skin was too dark-then I fought them

It was important that this album [Chain Letter] was an accurate reflection of me

You never get another first time. I just remember being excited and that feeling of "Wow my dream is really coming true".

When you're listening to my album, I want you to know that things happen and eventually you get over it

I remember the excitement of being a new artist. When up and coming artists ask me like, "Any advice you have for me?" I always say, "Take it all in because you'll never be a new artist again".

Consistency is the difference between game excellence and an excellent game. Successful people do consistently what the others do occasionally.

Only those willing to truly risk everything will gain everything. No person ever rose to greatness without the willingness to lose it all.

On one of the right-side-up pages show wrote, with some difficulty, Know what roots know: there is only one tree.

You need the Spirit of the Lord to come mightily upon you. When He is in charge, your troubles are in trouble.

I think I am good in the department of body language and fighting, and stuff like that. It's just natural to me, maybe because I love sports.

Doing something costs something. Doing nothing costs something. And, quite often, doing nothing costs a lot more!

Little princess, lovely as the dawn, well named Aurore.

The moment we change our thinking and start connecting with God, we start connecting with His plans, which always exceed our small plans.

If I want to achieve the goals I've set, I've got to be in tip-top shape.

If a sheep dies on the shore of the Euphrates I fear lest Allah ask me to account for it on the Day of Resurrection.