When you read a book, and it's really, really beautiful, you're so engaged you forget to breathe. If you're in a car accident, and everything moves slowly, you can be shocked into the present. The past and the future disappear.

Success is happiness. People say, "Oh that sounds corny." No matter how rich you are you can only sit your ass in one seat at a time. You have to be comfortable in that seat.

Hip-hop took some lessons from rock 'n' roll, and rock 'n' roll took some lessons from hip-hop.

Needing nothing really is the ultimate goal. And to have nothing to do with things.

If you don't break a hole through the brick wall, don't just start digging a new hole. Keep going until you break through that wall.

Reacting to the world with a smile instead of a curse, a wave instead of the middle finger, will actually help you live longer.

My idea is to integrate black stars into mainstream stars. It hasn't been explored properly. That's what Im doing in Hollywood.