Whenever my country has something bad happening I feel guilty for not being there. It's weird.

There's a difference between being yourself and being your stereotype.

Anyone's happier when they're not being verbally abused all day long.

No one can break me down. I know my worth and its a beautiful thing.

Really good things take time to grow. Foundation is not built over night.

First things first, I'm da realest.

Pledge allegiance to the struggle.

Once you go great, you never go good..You never go back, even if you could.

I'd known since about eleven that I wanted to live in America.

Luxury lives in the finer details. It's a cloth napkin at a dinner table. It's a mint on your pillow before bed.

For me, visuals are as important as the music. I just love escapism and giving people something to escape to. To me, that's what art is.

You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.

People who want to climb mountains just like taking metaphors for real. So when I say I could murder for a mangosteen, I hope you don’t think I’m going to go out and do that.

Fretting over how life ends, or anything else for that matter, is a complete waste of time.

I used to try to write a song a day. I've been so busy lately.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.

Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.

The meanest hut with love in it is a palace fit for the gods, and a palace without love is a den only fit for wild beasts.

It was both Abraham's and the Jews' privilege also that they should have this promise to all generations.