The ones that actually affect people who don't have enough money to change them - which is almost everybody. But that has nothing to do with the president.

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.

You're blessed if you have the strength to work.

One thing I learned particularly at Yale was how to work with others. Having studied so long trying to master myself, the biggest challenge was learning about the other person's work.

Forethought spares afterthought.

I made a dollar a day sweeping a laundry out. Then we made a record that was number two in Los Angeles. We got so excited hearing it on the radio that Carl threw up.

The only achievement I am really proud of is the friends I have made in this community.

I'm friggin' awesome! So screw the haters!

As black folks we're always sensitive. As a black person it's always racial.

America's corporations learned long ago that equality is just good business and is the right thing to do.

In the act of love, as in photography, there is a form of life and a kind of slow death.

I didn't really care about sales figures. I just wanted to get things off my chest.