I was emotionally erect.

Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don't want to play.

I'm quite aware of my differences. I wouldn't classify them as weird

When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing.

There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all look for ways to make the pain go away. (107)

And believe me, a good piece of chicken can make anybody believe in the existence of God.

Somebody dies and people eat your food. Funny how that works.

I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents.

So I heard the boom of my father's rifle when he shot my best friend. A bullet only costs about two cents, and anybody can afford that.

What if someone picks on me?" I askedThen I'll pick on them".What if someone picks my nose?" I asked.The I'll pick your nose, too" Rowdy said.

(I think Rowdy might be the most important person in my life. maybe more important than my family.) Can your best friend be more importamt than your family?

It was easier for me to think of a world without a creator than of a creator burdened with all the contradictions in the world.

Whose ideas breathe through me? Am I a thief? Do I dream my own dreams?

There is no standard normal. Normal is subjective. There are seven billion versions of normal on this planet.

The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody's house.

Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics.

Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.

Rock stardom and all that stuff like that was never like my main M.O., my main M.O. is musical growth, and if I become a rock star in the process, great!

[Wladimir] Klitschko has got the experience, so if Tyson [Fury] waits on him, Klitschko will out-box him. But if he uses his speed and reach it will be a great chance for him to win.

You shouldn't say mean things to people before they kill you. It's being a sore loser.

I have learnt to be a congratulator and not a hater!