My main concern is making the connection with my listeners and making records that the whole world can sing. That's what makes me happy.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

No religion, I'm just so explicit, I coexist in places you would never know existed.

I'm just a demon that means well. Freelance for God, but do the work of Satan.

I say 'cuz' around Bloods, and I say 'blood' around Crips...I'm twisted. Got Mary, got Lucy, got Molly: that's wifey, girlfriend and mistress.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

The universe bends to a still mind, peace be still.

It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression, 'As pretty as an airport.

The trick is that as long as you know who you are and what makes you happy, it doesn't matter how others see you.

We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.

You possess other people's...bodies."He accepted that statement with a nod."Do you want to possess my body?""I want to do a lot of things to your body, but that's not one of them.

Don’t let the society or your own family or anybody to kill your dreams because your dreams are yourself!

Biologically valid races are not real, but cultural racism is, and we must understand how this cultural reality affects our everyday interactions.

"Plain English" - everybody loves it demands it - from the other fellow.

Part of the bargain of being alive is that one takes a chance at dying a premature or painful death, be it from violence, accident, or disease.

I'm pro-death penalty, but what I have not seen is anybody that would mock someone on death row.

I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.

Criticism is good, you learn from it each time and you know that people are paying attention.

We are combining elements like tuxedos and workwear, for contrast; some looks also are based on 30s-era inspirations.

I love to snowboard with no cameras: 100 percent.