All kings and queens are not born of royal bloodlines. Some become royal because of what they do once they realize who they are

Failure honestly can be like the best lesson and it's like the one that like God wants you to really pay attention to. That's why it hurts. The pain will help you remember how not to walk, what directions not to go.

I don't want to end up being a circus act, doing my most famous tricks when I'm 70.

If you allow failure to take on more of a role in your life than possible, then you'll always look at it on the defense and you'll always shoot yourself down before it even goes anywhere.

We're going to start seeing that it's actually less about race and more about class in the future. As much as we complain about the establishment discriminating against black people, we're going to start seeing that more of us are already in the establishment.

I don't know, the artist thing is not me. I love making music, though.

You learn from experiences, and I suppose that's where I color most of my music, from experiences.