Before we can work on the problems, we have to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation.

It’s easier to hold onto your own stereotypes and misconceptions, it makes you feel justified in your own ignorance. That’s America. So the challenge for us is, are we ready for change?

Changing the big picture takes time.. and the best things to do is focus on the things that we can make in our lives if we're doing all that. That becomes the collage of real change

I can't think of any time we had a discussion [with Dre] about the aftermath of what happened the night before. We just had too much going on.

Well, right now, my music is - it's just happy. I'm not in a relationship, but I know who I am now. I have wisdom. I have the power of knowing who I am. That's huge.

My daughters are the heart of my heart and the center of my world

For the First Time in My Adult Lifetime, I'm Really Proud of My Country

There are no mistakes in life, and it's not about anybody being able to judge you.

When my mother and my grandmother died three months apart, I knew my world was over.

I tried to be strong in the face of obstacles.

Someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more.

My enthusiasms ... constitute my reserves my unexploited resources perhaps my future.

The master action, to move forward is a form of inaction; being still and quiet.

Once you discover white paint, you'll never wash your underwear again.

I really haven't liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By paying $65,000, you can be conducted to the summit by a couple of good guides.

I considered calmly that I was born to write.

I was a big Michael Jordan fan growing up. I don't feel my game resembles his though.

I am quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done.

Find the minimum amount of technology that will maximize your options.

Aspirations after the holy,--the only aspiration in which the human soul can be assured that it will never meet with disappointment.

I've seen the slip a few times. I don't have to watch something like that to go through the pain again and again and again.