Well, right now, my music is - it's just happy. I'm not in a relationship, but I know who I am now. I have wisdom. I have the power of knowing who I am. That's huge.

It’s easier to hold onto your own stereotypes and misconceptions, it makes you feel justified in your own ignorance. That’s America. So the challenge for us is, are we ready for change?

Before we can work on the problems, we have to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation.

Changing the big picture takes time.. and the best things to do is focus on the things that we can make in our lives if we're doing all that. That becomes the collage of real change

I can't think of any time we had a discussion [with Dre] about the aftermath of what happened the night before. We just had too much going on.

My daughters are the heart of my heart and the center of my world

For the First Time in My Adult Lifetime, I'm Really Proud of My Country

There are no mistakes in life, and it's not about anybody being able to judge you.

When my mother and my grandmother died three months apart, I knew my world was over.

I tried to be strong in the face of obstacles.

Someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more.

Along our chosen paths, we all meet up with demons. We must meet them, and battle them, even when they are nothing but mist in the night.

I wonder if this is how it feels to grow old. Knowing that time is still passing but you’re no longer a part of it.

Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another day and understand why you lived in the day!

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

You really can't be a good artist if you can't say what you really feel. And people may be offended, but, you know, that's how you feel, and that is your right, and that is your gift as well.

The surface of American life looks smooth, prosperous, peaceful. But underneath, fault-line shifts in family and work life have led us into what some have called 'advanced insecurity.

We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.

Anwar Sadat once said that if you see a good person with admirable qualities, try to adapt those qualities to yourself, and he was such a great man.

Nature has no human inhabitant who appreciates her.

If you're a Christian you're just a shadow of your future self.