When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really PLAYED.

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.

I am weird, you are weird. Everyone in this world is weird. One day two people come together in mutual weirdness and fall in love.

There's no limit to how much you'll know, depending how far beyond zebra you go.

Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.

When something bad happens you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.

If you don't like me, remember it's mind over matter. I don't mind, and you don't matter.

You have to be odd to be number one.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.

If jobs are important, education is important.

Well, my whole thing is that I'm kind of like a show-off!

I've been into fashion since birth. I grew up in the 'hood, and everybody in the 'hood wants to compensate for being in poverty, so they want to look good to keep themselves up.

I know that sounds arrogant, but you can't not be special and have a 30-year career.

I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double.

You can't ever stop thinking something quick enough. Something that hurts always gets the knife in too fast for you to slam a lid on it and shove it away.

I've also learned that sometimes, no matter how much you want things to work, you have to accept that sometimes they just don't.

I've got to admit it's getting better. It's a little better all the time.

Ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself.