Songs will always become a story in some way. I think it's my strongpoint as a writer musically. I don't shy away from it. It's not really an effort. It's how I write songs.

That's why your middle finger close to your ring, coz it's either love or hate there ain't no in-between

Don't lose your happiness on the pursuit for more

Young, wild, and free, my whole life ahead of me. So I'm drinking heavily, steadily making memories.

My music is basically all about witty punchlines and lyric progression that is aimed to make you laugh or say "Woah."

I don't think we could have given a more honest version of ourselves to the world than we did for ["This Is Mike Stud"].

I basically try not to waste any lines in any of my songs, and I think the witty phrases and funny lyrics I have bring a smarter sound to college hip-hop.

With this project ["This Is Mike Stud"] in general, I tried to put my life on record. All of these things I'm going through right now, I used to dream about and didn't think could ever happen to me.

As I have continued to make music and progress as an artist, I think I am steadily getting better at expanding my lyrical content and defining who I am as an artist.

I think there's a certain stigma that comes with being a white rapper and having a show.

A lot of these "reality shows" do a lot of producing scenes and producing things and drama and all that but we did the deal contingent that we wouldn't do that.

You can'tstop dreamingjust becausethe night neverseems toend.

A fog of despair so pervaded the ghetto that the smallest gesture of rebellion could seem like a bold, piercing light. Bad, said with a fond expression, was almost always a compliment.

The Grace of God and the human will are co-operant, but not on equal terms. Grace has the pre-eminence.

Karibu, dada wangu. Hapa, wewe ni nyumbani. Welcome, my sister. Here, you are home. Home. And to this home, may you always return.

We have a fundamental imperative in our lives to matter to others, to serve others, and to support each other in mattering more.

If you could see my legs when I take my boots off, you'd form some idea of what unrequited affection is.

Have faith. The Lord can magnify the words you speak and make them mighty. God doesn’t ask you to convert but rather to open your mouths.

And it occurred to him that there were two parts to being a better person. One part was thinking about other people. The other part was not giving a toss what other people thought.

The psychical, whatever its nature may be, is itself unconscious.