I just called to say, 'I love you.

Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.

I feel thankful to God, first and foremost, allowing me to enjoy this 'smell the roses' kind of thing.

Smoking cigarettes and writing something nasty on the wall, teacher sends you to the Principal's office down the hall.

You can't base your life on other people's expectations.

I listen a lot to rap, and I'm inspired to take it, to use it in another way, to get the message across.

When you feel your life's too hard, just go have a talk with God. Well, he's the only free psychiatrist that's known throughout the world.