It would be crazy for me to come out now talking about selling drugs and doing all this stuff I never did for the sake of A&R or records or trying to keep the street buzz or whatever.

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.

These woods are as empty as you think, he had said. You cannot know what the light might summon from the darkness.

Note the lessons a broken heart has taught you but don't ever alter the love you can give. Don't let a broken heart hinder your kind of love.

I think a good script is a rare thing, and I think no matter who you are you have to fight for the good ones.

Habits are like submarines; they run silent and deep.

I don't really do that whole 'single life' thing. I'm kind of heads down and get things done.

Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents under the name of religion

Men should have more time with their newborn babies.

I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion then it will start a chain reaction of the same.

Women's body language speaks eloquently, though silently, of her subordinate status in a hierarchy of gender.

The quality of your life is the quality of where you live emotionally