And I... started off dumb, raised by the hoodrats, listen to the radio wishin that i could rap.

Don't believe everything you hear: Real eyes, Realize, Real lies

Life's a test, mistakes are lessons, but the gift of life is knowing that you have made a difference.

If you let a person talk long enough you'll hear their true intentions. Listen twice, speak once.

Trust me I never lose. Either I win or learn from it

God will judge my heart, Man will judge my actions.

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.

You never stop loving someone. You just learn to live without them.

My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'

Long live the rose that grew from the concrete when no one else ever cared!

I didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose me.

Things change when you're not in danger anymore.

You didn’t understand the poem, but that was because it wasn’t for you. It was for me to understand the pain you put me through.

Love the animals. God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Don't trouble it, don't harass them, don't deprive them of their happiness, don't work against God's intent.

The efficient use of energy is as much an issue for Saudi Arabia, with its huge natural resources, as it is for all countries. Increased efficiency makes sense environmentally, but also economically.

Some things feel really good to sing: there's a physical aspect, but there's more to it - a deeper place you go to.

I keep having vivid dreams of success. Then it's time to sleep.

I'm a freeborn man of the travelling people. Got no fixed abode, and no man is my master. Country lanes and byways were always my ways. I never fancied going faster.

My best pick-up line is "My name is Hugh Hefner."

You're only as old as your spine.

I remember my comic strips being called "new wave." It bugged me.