I want to promote poetry to the point where you got all the baldhead kids running around doing poetry, getting the music out of the way and having only words, the spoken word, and then see what happens.

Hip-hop is a voice for voiceless poor people.

I used to think anxiety and insomnia drove me to success, but it was the stillness that let me be good at anything. When you extend the seconds of stillness, that's when you're able to think and learn.

In the end, the overriding factor in whether or not you realize your dreams is going to be you. Not the world. YOU.

Learn to let your thoughts exist on their own without getting too involved in them.

The reason I got a break in Hollywood when I moved here a few years ago is my good buddy, who I was on the beach with when he was a publicist, is now the chairman of HBO.

No matter where you want to go, as long as you follow your path with faith, dedication and hard work, you are going to get there.