In school, I studied psychology, linguistics, neuroscience. I understand that there is a real lack of respect for the brain.

Hip-hop educated me about other forms of music, because it sampled from all different styles.

We live in an era of consumerism and it's all about desire-based consumerism and it has nothing to do with things we actually need.

You can feel a lot of things, and that's okay. Channel that into your passion.

Industry executives sacrificed art for what sells and mega-stars now saturate the market with the same tired lyrics.

Compassion can change a lot of things, including the world. Young people especially need to know that, because they're the future.

What do you actually need? Food, clothing and shelter. Everything else is entertainment.

People need to spread love towards strangers. We all bleed the same blood and we are all part of a global community now.

So wake me up when it's all over When I'm wiser and I'm older All this time I was finding myself And I didn't know I was lost

Salsa, classic rock, soul music, jazz... all of that was a part of my education in making hip-hop music.

America's biggest export is media and I think that's a positive thing.

When I'm in doubt - as I am now - I ask myself, 'What would Carl Jung do?' - and act accordingly.

Don't be trapped in someone else's dream.

Part of the power of all storytelling is reassurance, offering hope to those sat in the darkness, that good can succeed and wrongdoing fail.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world.

Successful people are the one's that create their own path, not follow someone else's.

There's tremendous spirit about make America great again. I mean that's the whole thing. We're going to make America great again.

...beauty, she had discovered occupied a narrow band. Ugliness, on the hand, had infinite variation.

I don't watch myself on TV, I don't read the news clippings about me, so when people come up and say, 'What about that story last week?' I go, 'I didn't even know there was.'

Hatred is blind, as well as love.