What is Norah Jones' style? Is it just the albums that we've heard? She has a rock group where she plays guitar in, downtown in New York, so do we really know her style?

A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows.

Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.

I ignored your aura but it grabbed me by the hand, like the moon pulled the tide, and the tide pulled the sand.

Do the math: You never settle for less than the whole if you knew the half.

You gotta get back to your essence, Use your gifts and share your presence, Don't count your dollars 'til you count your blessings.

Life without knowledge is death in disguise.

The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop song. That's the only music you can do that with.

If lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z.

I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.

You know, there's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.

One unsuccessful attempt to success is a major attempt to success

He is the one pocket of warmth in a sea of ice.

I changed my name because it didn't fit with the way I saw myself.

I think we [with Riccardo Tisci] share a sensibility about art - we pull from the ancient future.

A more important antidote to American democracy is American gerontocracy. The positions of eminence and authority in Congress are allotted in accordance with length of service, regardless of quality.

People are recognizing that I am an entrepreneur and do more than be on a reality TV show.

I always loved music, but it's not something I thought I was gonna approach on a professional level.

My style is ever evolving. My style is tomorrow.

Savor the throne, but don't mind the stool.

Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.