Be dissatisfied enough to improve, but satisfied enough to be happy.

Fasting is not nearly so deadly as feasting.

My mom used to say that’s why we have memory. And the opposite of memory—hope. So things that are gone can still matter. So we can build off our pasts and make futures.

Fate is not in man but around him

My songs always sound a lot better in person than they do on the record.

When white people wear baggy clothing and speak gibberish they're homeless, when black people wear baggy clothing and speak gibberish they're called rappers.

A dozen press agents working overtime can do terrible things to the human spirit.

I'm a dark blonde, yes. I dyed my hair blue, then black, when I was 14. I thought the colour was more flattering and matched my skin tone. I don't think I'd ever change back unless it was for a film.

Too fast to live, too young to die.

I don't believe there is any finer mission on earth than just to make people laugh.

If individuality has no play, society does not advance; if individuality breaks out of all bounds, society perishes.

Hang him, swaggering rascal!