What do you actually need? Food, clothing and shelter. Everything else is entertainment.

Hip-hop educated me about other forms of music, because it sampled from all different styles.

We live in an era of consumerism and it's all about desire-based consumerism and it has nothing to do with things we actually need.

You can feel a lot of things, and that's okay. Channel that into your passion.

Industry executives sacrificed art for what sells and mega-stars now saturate the market with the same tired lyrics.

In school, I studied psychology, linguistics, neuroscience. I understand that there is a real lack of respect for the brain.

Compassion can change a lot of things, including the world. Young people especially need to know that, because they're the future.

People need to spread love towards strangers. We all bleed the same blood and we are all part of a global community now.

So wake me up when it's all over When I'm wiser and I'm older All this time I was finding myself And I didn't know I was lost

Salsa, classic rock, soul music, jazz... all of that was a part of my education in making hip-hop music.

America's biggest export is media and I think that's a positive thing.

For rock solid friendship, never lie to your friends.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Everything is a present. Everything. This I learned to be thankful for everything.

To perceive means to immobilize. To say this is to say that we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself.

I try to get enough sleep and exercise, try not to make mountains out of molehills, and vent a lot. I have a good team to support my work. I also do lots of mundane things, which will center me.

What consoles one nowadays is not repentance but pleasure. Repentance is quite out of date.

I suppose it never occurs to these people that a man might just want to write a piece of music.

A joyless Catholic is the devil's best tool. A joyful Catholic is God's greatest instrument.

Most people are searching for a path to success that is both easy and certain. Most paths are neither.

Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.