There has to be beauty left in the world, Julia, " said Kiyu. "Otherwise we have nothing.

We need to remember what's important in life: friends, waffles, work. Or waffles, friends, work. Doesn't matter, but work is third.

We all have an artist within us

A hungry people listens not to reason nor cares for justice nor is bent by any prayers.

The word "now" is like a bomb thrown through the window and it ticks.

The most intimate question we can ask, and the one that has the most spiritual power, is this: What or who am I?

I'm not a role model, nor have I ever tried to be a role model. The only thing about me as a role model is I've managed to stay here and be working and survive. For 40 years.

The US government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped.

Well, Eminem, you know, I know him longer. Ive been signed to his label since 2001 and hes a good friend.

Occasionally a single anecdote opens a character; biography has its comparative anatomy, and a saying or a sentiment enables the skilful hand to construct the skeleton.

Once you start copying other people's licks, you begin thinking they're yours. Doing that's just an easy way out.