There are poor white people who hear rap music and feel it is about them, because it is. That's why you have an Eminem and a Bubba Sparxxx and rappers like that.

I want to fight poverty and ignorance and give opportunity to those people who are locked out.

If you just remember to breathe and smile before you act, you’ll always make the right decision.

No matter what you're doing, try to work at that task like it's your dream job.

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

No matter how rich you are, you cannot transport yourself to the future or the past.

I think people instinctively know that their job is to give service and that they are part of a community. It had a great impact on me when my father walked the picket lines and I walked with him during the civil rights movement.