I always wished that I could find someone as beautiful as you, but in the process I forgot that I was special too.

If those civil rights groups are going into those orphanages and offering to look after those children, then they have every right to make a stink about it. But they're not. They're not offering a solution.

If we took a holiday, took some time to celebrate, just one day out of life, it would be, it would be so nice.

I keep telling everyone that I want to start a revolution but no one is taking me seriously. If I had black skin and an afro, would you take me seriously? If I was an Arab waving a hand grenade, would you take me seriously?

I became an overachiever to get approval from the world.

Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.

Whenever I do my live shows, I feel artistically inspired and excited because I get to do and say a lot of things that I can't if I just make a record. A lot of times it's the only way people are going to hear my music because you don't get to have your music played on Top 40 if you're above the age of 35.