Possessions are usually diminished by possession.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

Drama don't arrive by surprise

Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has examined that part of our story extensively.

Life is like an analogy.

My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.

I'm not too proud to change. I like to win too much.

If I didn't think what I was doing had something to do with enlarging the boundaries of art, I wouldn't go on doing it.

Being offended is a natural consequence of leaving the house.

With rap music, there are billions and billions of samples that are uncleared that people have never been bothered about on an underground level.

Don’t just think it, ink it.

When it came to using elements of your personal life in your work, my mother was the master, or the mistress. There were three or four songs she wrote about my father - songs about failed love.