T.I.'s my mentor; he's a really close friend of mine. I call him my brother like we talk on the phone all the time. He's helped me with my career.

There's a difference between being yourself and being your stereotype.

Anyone's happier when they're not being verbally abused all day long.

No one can break me down. I know my worth and its a beautiful thing.

Really good things take time to grow. Foundation is not built over night.

First things first, I'm da realest.

Pledge allegiance to the struggle.

Once you go great, you never go good..You never go back, even if you could.

I'd known since about eleven that I wanted to live in America.

Luxury lives in the finer details. It's a cloth napkin at a dinner table. It's a mint on your pillow before bed.

For me, visuals are as important as the music. I just love escapism and giving people something to escape to. To me, that's what art is.

My strength is in the Lord. In him, I breathe, live and move.

Peter." The fine hair along her spine rising, Vicky could feel the power in a name. This is who you are, it said. Come back to us.

That sign of old age extolling the past at the expense of the present.

I loved 'Gladiator' when I was young. Russell Crowe was a big inspiration the fact that he plays my father in 'Noah' was amazing.

I don’t know what to tell you, Perry. Life’s hard. Love’s harder

I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.

Who says soul has only one colour?

Swinging at daisies is like playing electric guitar with a tennis racket: if it were that easy, we could all be Jerry Garcia. The ball changes everything.

If your kitchen smells good, your food lost something.

So I promise you that this State of the State, like a good pizza, will be delivered in 25 minutes or less.