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

Last year my wife got a Rolls-Royce.

You've got to keep reminding yourself of what's important.

I mean people are sexist and racist and homophobic and violent. But I don't think of the rappers as being any more sexist or racist or homophobic than their parents. Certainly less, in all those cases, less homophobic or racist or sexist, and then less gangster than our government. It's stuff that people normally don't speak on, subjects they don't speak on, and ideas they kind of keep to themselves.

You can be anything you want to be, and you can start today, instead of waiting for some opportunity.

Suffering will always be there. You'll always have the poor. You have to own your own progress. It is true that because of the economy and the fear factor the president [Barack Obama] is able to execute a lot of promises that it would be difficult to deliver it not for the fear factor. It's funny. He's delivering on what he promised and we call it fear.

People build themselves up before you even have to deal with them.