You can feel a lot of things, and that's okay. Channel that into your passion.

Hip-hop educated me about other forms of music, because it sampled from all different styles.

We live in an era of consumerism and it's all about desire-based consumerism and it has nothing to do with things we actually need.

Industry executives sacrificed art for what sells and mega-stars now saturate the market with the same tired lyrics.

In school, I studied psychology, linguistics, neuroscience. I understand that there is a real lack of respect for the brain.

Compassion can change a lot of things, including the world. Young people especially need to know that, because they're the future.

What do you actually need? Food, clothing and shelter. Everything else is entertainment.

People need to spread love towards strangers. We all bleed the same blood and we are all part of a global community now.

So wake me up when it's all over When I'm wiser and I'm older All this time I was finding myself And I didn't know I was lost

Salsa, classic rock, soul music, jazz... all of that was a part of my education in making hip-hop music.

America's biggest export is media and I think that's a positive thing.

There is a difference between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law.

The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose.

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?

Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.

I think that the practice of writing every day was what made me remember that writing doesn't have anything to do with publishing books. It can be totally separate and private - a comforting thought.

The Internet is no longer the kind of thing where only six guys in the world can build it. Now, you can write a couple of checks and get one of your own.

Those who do not have faith in others will not be able to stand on their own.

Individuals have little opportunity to get elected to Parliament under the label of the government party... unless they are in good standing with the Prime Minister and pledged to be cooperative.

If anything matters, then everything matters.