Me personally, I come from very, very humble beginnings - little, small town in Alabama, you know, staying at my granddaddy house. We really didn't have nothing.

If a man does not have the sauce, then he is lost. But the same man can be lost in the sauce.

Ain't got no comparison and I ain't being arrogant.

I learned that everybody is not your friend. You have to watch who you associate with and surround yourself with positive things and people who want to do something positive.

I ball all through the winter and I stunt all through the summer.

Girls are like buses, miss one, next fifteen, one comin.

I don't give a damn how you feel about me, I sip lean pure codeine and I don't give a damn what you say about me.

How you dress on the outside, it represents your soul.

I will keep on hurdling and keep on hustling.

It feels like all my hard work is getting recognized. It makes me work even harder.

I'm so high, it's so lonely up here

I'm human. Isn't it obvious?

When you have a dark side, nothing is ever as good as it seems.

I never put myself in a box. I like to have various different types of songs and different genres and situational songs. No matter is going on, I have something for that time or era.

Fashion can be a really powerful tool, but it's also a place where you can be totally humiliated and have your power taken from you.

everything is toxic. That's the point. You can't avoid toxins. Thinking you can is just another symptom of the toxic overload stage.

As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.

Then my life crashed and burned down: trials, men, drama, no self-love, no identity. A little identity, but not a lot of love for myself, my life.

We still have time to negotiate, we still have time for diplomacy, because there are still a number of issues that have not been clarified, that created a lack of confidence.

In fact, I'd say that the sources of the economy's expansion from 2003 to 2007 were, in order, the housing bubble, the war, and - very much in third place - tax cuts.

there is one word that can be the guide for your life- it is the word reciprocity.