A lot of what we say and do are regurgitated things that have to do with what we think we're supposed to be saying and doing.

A lot of people heard about gin and juice for the first time from Snoop Dogg, but it was nothing new in rap music, and it was nothing new in the black community.

In reality, I know I'm not hurt directly by sexism; however, my life is made less because of it, so I started thinking about the fallout from relationships in which people feed off each other.

I wanted to write a song about sexism, but I didn't want to do it in a mechanical way and be like, "Don't be sexist!" because that's not how I talk in regular life.

Death to the pigs is my basic statement.

I wanted to be part of changing the world. I don't want to just stand by and watch it be however it is.

I was an avowed professional revolutionary by the time I was 15.

A lot of us don’t get a sense of our personal power. I know the vast difference that one person can make in changing things.

I am a person who always feels like I am not doing the right thing because there's always so many things that need to get done.

When I was five years old, me and my cousin got into a fistfight because when "That's the Way (I Like It)" came on the radio, he said, "That's my song," and I said, "No, that's my song."

In high school, everybody rapped. You just pounded on the table.

Maybe I was wrong. Maybe there really is some goodness here in our world. But if goodness existed, that must mean that darkness existed as well.

Devilment showed in his eyes. “Well, since it is a trial, we should practice so that we can perfect our kisses.”“You need no practice. You are clearly an expert.

We have tried to get closer to them, but we never copied anybody, we always tried to play our football

The only way to love a person is...by listening to them and seeing and believing in the god, in the poet, in them. For by doing this, you keep the god and the poet alive and make it flourish.

I try to encourage actors to work harder off screen because that's where you find things.

This country can have no more democracy than it accords and guarantees to the humblest and weakest citizen.

I don't know about you, but I can tell when someone's lying. They can't look you in the eye - they look you in the bridge of your nose.

So why am I depressed? That's the million-dollar question, baby, the Tootsie Roll question; not even the owl knows the answer to that one. I don't know either. All I know is the chronology.

I was born with a crippled leg. I wore a corrective shoes since I was three years old and I still wear them.

At the level at which I work with people, their great talent is paired with great insecurity. Self-doubt is literally the twin of self-confidence. And I have to be there for both.