The difference between blues, jazz, rock n' roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It's scarier to look at poor people; it makes everyone uncomfortable. Their pain is something that people would like to see swept under the rug.

If you play basketball, you get into the zone. You can't miss. That's the expansive mindset we're all seeking. But that only comes when the mind is quiet and separate from the noise. And the greatest tool to eliminate the noise is meditation.

You have to learn to laugh all the time. It's a practice of life. It's a practice of happiness.

I think when you're very dedicated to something and you're engaged fully, you become a giver.

Whatever you chase will run away from you. So, stop chasing success and realize you already have it all.

The thing about hip-hop is that it's from the underground, ideas from the underbelly, from people who have mostly been locked out, who have not been recognized.

There is no happiness until the mind is still. The cause of all sickness and sadness is the fluctuation of the mind.