Don’t criticize what you don’t understand, son. You never walked in that man’s shoes.

Values are like fingerprints. Nobody's are the same, but you leave 'em all over everything you do

Everybody comes from the same source. If you hate another human being, you're hating part of yourself.

You've got to follow that dream, wherever that dream may lead.

I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants.

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.

You only pass through this life once, you don't come back for an encore.

I am not the King. Jesus Christ is the King. I’m just an entertainer.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

You look like an angel, walk like an angel, talk like an angel. But I got wise, you're the devil in disguise.

Until we meet again, may God bless you as he has blessed me.

You felt a deep sorrow, the kind of melancholy you feel when you're in a beautiful place and the sun is going down

Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.

Sorghum is kind of unusual. It can go to very high heats, but it's not as productive in most environments as maize is.

Control your life through insanity.

It is astonishing the lengths to which a person, or a people, will go in order to avoid a truthful mirror.

In a lot of close games, I can make a difference with my speed.

Evolution favors the survival of the wisest.

I'm an American; I'm not an African-American. I'm an American.

It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.

I've worked with a lot of different producers, a lot of different writers on the album, so I mostly feel like I learned a lot about what I don't want to do the next time around.