When I set out to write, I want to write something that will rip your heart out.

The stories that are too personally vulnerable to write are the ones that must be told.

Trying to find a heart that's not walking away.

It's not the circumstances that determine who you're gonna be but how you deal with these problems and pains that come your way.

If you make people think they're thinking they'll like you, but if you make people actually think, then watch out, you're not going to be popular.

Life's too short to stay where we are.

I love creating moments that feel bigger than just like an artist on stage.

The songs that you start to write that you are a little scared of can be the ones that you have to tell.

As my uncle always says, 'If your vibe outweighs your substance, you're destined to be a novelty.' I think that is true in all art.

As an artist, you just want to keep creating, keep finding a place that really inspires you that feels fresh and new and keep it exciting.

Don't apologize for all the tears you've cried, you've been way too strong now for all your life.

So, yes, I lied, And, believe me, I am so sorry. But I was so in love with you and I didn't know what to do about it and I didn't want to give you any reason not fall in love with me back

I cut my teeth as the black raccoon-- For implements of battle.

To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.

Hip-hop is a competition culture. It's based around, "My DJ is better than you. My graffiti artist is better than you."

Maybe he murdered Myrtle; that would’ve done everyone a favor. . . .

Great ideas are fish in a stream. Your pen/pencil is a spear. If you don't spear them, they'll swim on by. Be ready.

We must learn from history, there is no military solution for the Kashmir issue...we have to understand this reality.

The Green Party represents that majority point of view within the U.S.

The best way to do good to ourselves is to do it to others; the right way to gather is to scatter.

I never intended to start a new organisation but to share what I knew.