I want to invest and have my own record label and artists. I want to have a business where my kids, kids, kids will still have something going on long after I'm gone.

Even if I make a gospel album, my gospel songs are going to get you dancing and crunk.

Some people think its just fun and games and others don't know how much I pushed to get here. They have to be in my shoes, but by listening to my music they can find out.

If you don't understand how a woman could both love her sister dearly and want to wring her neck at the same time, then you were probably an only child.

Innocence is a bleeding wound without a bandage, a wound that opens with every casual knock from casual passers-by. Experience is an armour.

Be contented as what you are even if it is big or small, great or not, 'cause it's still a blessings.

Our body is the sacrifice that God requires at this hour

If I'm lucky enough to be involved in the Academy Awards in the future, I'll just let people make up their decision without being involved in any politics. Because it shouldn't involve that.

I think if a poet wanted to lead, he or she would want the message to be unequivocally clear and free of ambiguity. Whereas poetry is actually the home of ambiguity, ambivalence and uncertainty.

At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.

Social media provides an avenue to build relationships with media outlets and have an ongoing relationship with reporters.

If we don't risk anything, we risk even more.

The nice thing about New York is that you're finally able to wear those winter clothes that have been sitting in your closet in mothballs