If you can focus the energy into something valuable, put that into work ethic.

I don’t know if this is statistically right, but I’m assuming I have the most Grammys of anyone my age, but I haven’t won one against a white person.

An artist's career doesn't happen in the cycle of one week of news. An artist's career happens in a lifetime, and if you're a true artist you're willing to die for what you believe in.

I've reached a point in my life where my Truman Show boat has hit the painting.

I woke up early this mornin' with a new state of mind/ A creative way to rhyme without usin' knives and guns

I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.

Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. I am not a fan of books ... I like to get information from doing stuff like actually talking to people and living real life.