That's something that I've always gotten: a sense of humanity, a sense of awareness of yourself and the world around you.

I don't have a message. You already have all these people telling you how to live, who to be, what to wear, what to drive, what drugs to do - I just want people to see what I see.

I live to die; better that than to live a lie.

You have to be able to differentiate between the different areas of life. It shows that we're all separate people, we're all different, but we're all the same.

As a living, breathing person, you must love things that derive from nature.

The world sucks, man. But Tesla does have a mid-size sedan now, and that's very important to the future.

School doesn't teach you much. School teaches you how to follow directions, that's what school is for.

I feel like it's impossible to be completely yourself, because you'll always get bored; you have to push your own limits.

I'm getting old! My back hurts, I got asthma, I just been listening to Amy Winehouse, trying not to cry. Life's crazy.

When I was a kid if you didn't have "Lil" in front of your name, you were trash.

If you're a voice for a community, then you're a voice for something more than yourself. I want to have an impact, because I don't want anybody to have to go through what I went through.

Evil surrounding can destroy a Good soul.

We should express our daily gratitude to our Heavenly Father for He's our God, He's our righteousness. He's the breather of life.

Do not be a one in a million person, be a once in a lifetime individual.

We are the wire God is the current. Our only power is to let the current pass through us.

Blind Willie Johnson is a pretty big vocal influence. He can be very harsh, like gargly, gruff vocals, but also just slip into some very delicate, vulnerable soft stuff. I like that combination.

Later, I learned that our forgetting of the parakeet had begun even before the species was extinct.

Some filmmakers go into a film and it's already shot and cut in their head.

The beauty of a strong, lasting commitment is often best understood by a man incapable of it.

I want you more than I should," she heard herself say. "I have you less than I want.