When I was a kid, the book that I liked the most was 'Aesop's Fables.' There was a version of it that my father read stories to us kids out of. I liked the idea of the short story format.

Personally Im very happy to be behind the scenes. I like collaboration, I like working with directors.

Rebellion is obsolete - change things from the inside working out.

My major was Fine Arts and Education thinking I would become an Art Teacher. I couldn't visualize myself as an art teacher, thinking how it wouldn't work.

Choose your mutations carefully...

It's people who write music because they are obsessed that I like; because they have something to say and no other way to say it.

If you're in music just to become a big, fat rock star, then I probably don't like your music to begin with.

To me I think artists in general make a statement - and for the rest of their lives - every album, every book - are variations on a theme.

Technology has taken its toll on albums in a tough way. The CD format and MTV really played havoc on artists.

As far as the style, I was fascinated by surrealism.

I've worked with a lot of directors, some of them you wouldn't really attach the word 'artist' to their name.

Dreams come true when you live life awake.

Your personal growth, how you show up, and the ways you lead ultimately determine the success of your business and your life.

But they did not chatter much, for the boy, when he liked a person, would as soon sit silent in his company as speak.

A writer's life is never boring when you have imaginary friends to play with!

My dad was a man of great wisdom in his short time here.

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.

What we call the present is given shape by an accumulation of the past.

The definition of being good is being able to make it look easy.

Luckily for me, I became a rap star so I'm making enough money to support my family. It's funny because that may seem like the only way that I can do such a task.

There is no such thing as taking too much time, because your soul is in that picture.