The research shows that if you meditate, the mind becomes still, and they can see the functionality and gray matter in the brain increase, the nervous system calm, the immune system improve and a reduction in stress.

I like to move towards a place where my greatest experience is promoting happiness for others. I know that that creates a cycle of the same great experience.

Most artists are making as much money now as they could have made... in the heyday of Def Jam [when the] Beastie Boys would sell 10 million records or DMX would sell 6 or 7 million records. Those records are one thing, but then all the other ways to exploit the emotional relationship between artist and community is so much greater that I would guess that they're making as much or more money than they could have ever made.

There's something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture.

Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.

What holds most people back isn't the quality of their ideas, but their lack of faith in themselves.

Everyone's goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.