An artist don't make you bigger than life - being that person that can break artists can make you bigger than life.

I wanna be selective... very selective. Right now, hip-hop's very boring to me. It's no excitement.

I been through some junk. It ain't all been peaches and cream.

The same people who smile in my face would be the same ones to talk behind my back.

I don't think about other people. If I did, I'd wanna compete. But I don't think like that, because I'm above everybody.

Everyone wants to work with the big new producer or the hot new singer. The key is to find them before they're hot.

My style is to take something unexpected and make it into a hit. That's what I do.

It hurts when people put you down.

Greatness can never be over because you can lay it down for a minute.

I have ideas whirring around my head all the time.

You don't question where the music comes from, because it all comes from God.

I find it incredibly amazing how at every sunset, the sky is a different shade. No cloud is ever in the same place. Each day is a new masterpiece. A new wonder. A new memory.

John Lewis being attacked as "talk, talk, talk" by president-elect [Donald] Trump because he said he didn't consider him a legitimate president.

The primary reason we do too much is that we have never taken the time to discover that portion of what we do that makes the biggest difference.

All of my books come from pain.

Clever girl. You play with fire because you want to be burnt.

You can do so much in ten minutes' time. Ten minutes, once gone, are gone for good. Divide your life into 10-minute units and sacrifice as few of them as possible in meaningless activity.

I think everything I do is my early work. I can't wait to get on to the later stuff.

It’s easier to follow fashion than it is to have personal style.

You know what, I'm probably one of the most blessed people there's ever been, and I thank God for it.

I have never had a lap dance in Tampa or any other part of Florida. If I ever did have a lap dance, I don't think I would be discussing television ideas with the girl that was giving it to me.