Rap to me is a modern blues. But until we really confront the truth, we are going to have a Tupac or Eminem or Biggie Smalls to remind us about it - and thank God.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.

Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.

We all have hearts.... If you have a heart, love somebody. If you have enough heart, love everybody.

Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.

It feels better to love than to hate.

There may be a brighter star. But through my eyes the light of you is all I see.

You can't base your life on other people's expectations.

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

I am what I am. I love me! And I don't mean that egotistically - I love that God has allowed me to take whatever it was that I had and to make something out of it.

Actually, you can be bad at something...but if you love doing it, that will be enough. - August Boatwright

Then it doesn't matter which way you walk...-so long as I get somewhere.

It is always a mistake to underestimate how long it takes for mankind to understand the traumas it has suffered, especially the self-inflicted ones.

I got through yesterday, I'll get through today.

I was a prefect at school, I never had a tattoo, got a detention or pierced my ears more than once.

If you're unhappy with the way you played, what's the point?

No tears to damn you when jealousy burns.

I think the combination of genius and celebrity, in the case of Bobby Fischer, was a dangerous cocktail.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, for there are plenty of others.

Everyday is a holiday when you're RVD