In fact, I would advise against anyone doing reality shows. I won't be doing 'X Factor' just yet.

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.

A good understanding is to keep the great law.

You think good people can't hate?" she asked. "You think good people don't kill?"[...}"Good people do all the things bad people do, Lazlo. It's just that when they do them, they call it justice.

We must give alms. Charity wins souls and draws them to virtue.

I'm careful what I put out there into the universe, musically. I don't take it lightly.

Open your eyes and the whole world is full of God.

When I am through learning, I am through.

Incompetence annoys me. Overconfidence terrifies me.

We make choices but are constantly foiled by happenstance.

Coming up through high school, coaches would tell me not to swing so hard. It's the only way I know. It just happens.

When people get married, it enhances their relationship and puts strains on it.