Still, to this day I go back and listen to music that inspires me to write now

Living in Maryland, I saw that the opportunities were far greater in California than back home.

I was living in Maryland and my first week was dreadful. My first week I actually got into a fight at school

I enjoy being happy every day, and hopefully you can hear my happiness in my music. Life is beautiful.

Even in relationships, I don't get my hopes up or anything, especially not right now because I know I'm young and I've got plenty of time later in the future.

I also have two dogs, a Chihuahua and a Yorkshire terrier, so if they like him, that's a good sign.

I like doing arts and crafts, so I would probably go to one of those fun little ceramic places and go paint some plates and do something fun like that

For one year I did go to Performing Arts School, and I had very weird friends.

Love yourself for who you are. You are beautiful inside and out, and nobody can take that away from you.

I signed to Def Jam and within two months, I heard that Ja Rule was looking for someone to do a song with.

When I meet somebody, I hang out with them, and it's all good, but I don't take it too seriously

Fighting for peace, is like f***ing for chastity

Find magic in the little things, and the big things you always expected will start to show up.

And I love Evander Holyfield to death!

It is still a surprise when people tell me that I've had an influence on them, particularly when it's someone I really respect.

Like a lover who spends all his time thinking of his distant love, God has been thinking of me since before I was born, for all eternity.

To be an excellent leader, you have to be a superb follower.

The only reason people lock their car doors when Obama walks by is they are afraid he'll tax them to death...

Unless there is meaning, there is no solution.

Human beings can get used to virtually anything, given plenty of time and no choice in the matter whatsoever.

Somebody like me wouldn't have gone on to the Trisha show because I already had a public profile.