When you tell a story and connect with somebody through an emotion that's why they like songs.

Don't be flirting with your gift, you better marry it

It's hard as a person to just put your life out there for the world to judge. That's what music is and what you're supposed to do with the art, live and release it to the world.

I love myself, I no longer need Cupid...

Never blame a man for misfortune, do it yourself.

I was the darkest skinned person in my family. I remember how I used to feel - like I wasn't pretty enough, or I wasn't good enough.

Some days you're depressed, some days you're happy, some days you're broken hearted. People need music for therapy, to heal them or speak for them when they can't describe how they're feeling.

Being simple and complicated at the same is what makes Jay-Z so great.

I want to be great at what I do. I don't want to be just an average rapper.

When I was young what made me really want to be a rapper was when I saw MC Lyte.

As learnèd commentators viewIn Homer more than Homer knew.

How can you be afraid to live yet scared to die?

Prey cannot bribe its way out of a predator’s hand.

January took a breath, realizing it had been a cause from her holding it in, trying to work through the puzzle she faced. If he’s a Ghost, why was she sent on a mission to kill him?

French people should be prioritised clandestine immigrants get 100 per cent refund on healthcare while two-thirds of French people can't afford medical help. Charity begins at home.

Poor reading, like poor writing, is imposing what you already know on texts. You should go into reading to discover, not to reaffirm what you know.

Needless to say, I was impressed by Felicia [Day] and her moxie with how to do a web series. I mean, she's the queen of the web.

To me, the noise of a threshing machine is better music than a lot of music I hear nowadays. I took a man's place in the threshing crew when I was only 14 years old.

Parties and political systems used to be about excluding renegades who would never play well with others in government. Now it's actually systematically screening them in.

Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.

Now then, you dogs, whom the apostle puts outside and who yelp at the God of truth, let us come to your various questions.