If you're a humble person, and you walk in, and you start talking, people are going to be able to tell. You can't fake it.

Life is what you make of it. Don't make excuses - make it happen.

A moment will pass, but a movement will last.

Every underground artist has that little chip on his shoulder, like "I'm stuck here, and I'm trying to get out of this little hole that I'm in." You've got this core fan base, but it's limited.

America is fascinated with seeing people have nothing and turn it to something.

What's life if you're not enjoying it?

These palm trees like my old homeboys, hella shady

They see me rollin’, they hatin’

People get tired of the same old sound. They want something new.

When I get home and turn on the radio, I hear songs that are new to me, but to everybody else they're old. I try to keep the music fresh in my head.

I just try to do me, and I feel like it works.

The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.

You keep shooting. You hope it goes in, and you smile.

If the world powers are not prepared to insist that Iran change its behavior before a deal is signed, at the very least they should insist that Iran change its behavior before a deal expires.

Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and took the time necessary to learn karate and become world champion.

But I want to feel like life matters. I had something real with you, but then the realness scared me. I decided to go for other things instead.

Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.

What makes that record special is something that is gone from music today - it's called a rhythm section.

Intelligence and the spirit of adventure can be combined to create new energies, and out of these energies may come exciting and rewarding new prospects.

It was my first big chance, but here I was, sitting back and letting it run through my fingers like so much water.

Education can not be conferred. Whether in school or out, learning is a do-it-yourself proposition.