I feel like the majority of the fear that I had or that we have we hold from other people. They're like people that we trust; they're their fears. All of a sudden we think that they're our fears.

Your life can become the background for the art you create.

The more you know the stronger you become, the closer you feel to yourself and the farther you can go.

I love children and I love family and I love that interaction. Because I had a really close relationship with my mother, I understand that deep powerful love, and it's so beautiful. To be a mother to a child is the most brilliant gift; it's gorgeous.

I want to continue to produce film, television, and theater, and to make the most amazing music that I've made in my life.

Gangsta rap was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. Gangsta rap didnt exist.

People don't expect me to be as funny as I am.