For anyone that's ever had a musical breakthrough in their career, it's always followed by the departure period right after.

The only mofos in my circle are people that I can learn from.

Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years.

When you live your life through records, the records are a record of your life.

Time will tell. Time is always telling. Time never stops telling.

Funk never dies. It is eternal. It just smells a little different from time to time.

How do you plan a rebirth? I'm not sure you do. You just stand in the darkness until you can't endure it any long, and then you move forward until you're standing in the light.

Music has the power to stop time. But music also keeps time.

Just because the laws were changed doesn't mean that the attitudes have changed.

Hip-hop is so much about character and caricature that people just see you as a character. Very rarely are you flesh and bone to people.

We have to get back to "we." It's important to get back to "we" not just "I."

You have to imaginea waiting that is not impatientbecause it is timeless.

I have a secret passion for mercy. But justice is what keeps happening to people.

But inner experience is only one source of human knowledge.

Scientific accuracy confirms the Bible is the Word of God.

I don't have to tell you what I'm going to do in North Korea. And I don't have to tell you what I'm going to do with Iran. You know why? Because they shouldn't know.

Football is simple. You are in time or too late. When you are too late, you should start sooner.

Empty vessels make the most sound.

We need silence to be able to touch souls.

Loving smart means believing in you, your worth and your value.

I hated Chris, my brother. I would pull his hair and kick him, until one day my father gave him permission to fight back. I'll be apologizing to him for the rest of my life.