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

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.

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 don't have beef with nobody.

More often than not- Life moves really fast! It's only for you to pause and breathe! Sadly, none else can do that for you!

Miroku: Kagome, are you worrying about me?Kagome: I guess so.Miroku: In that case, I have a favor to ask of you: please bear my child.

You may say you're "anti-status, " but if you filled a room with people who said that, they would soon form a status hierarchy based on how anti-status each person claims to be.

There is work that is work and there is play that is play

I grew up around the Luxembourg Gardens, so I guess that is my best memory.

They are all gone into the world of light, and I alone sit lingering here.

The best excuse is to have none.

There is no such thing as living alone, for all living is relationship; but to live without direct relationship demands high intelligence, a swifter and greater awareness for self-discovery.

I go to the gym every morning for a couple of hours, then I come to work, whatever is on the plate for the day, I do it. I don't ask many questions, I go where I am told to.

I was baptized a Baptist, but I'm just Christian, as far as I'm concerned. I could go in any church, doesn't matter if it's Baptist, Protestant, Episcopal, or Catholic.