I choose to be more prepared than I'm expected to be.

I wasn't a cheerleader or the prom queen. I don't move through the world with a mirror in front of my face, and I've never been attracted to projects that had an emphasis on what I look like.

I think that people who have played sports have an ability to relate to people because when you're playing you have to work on teams and with opposing players

I'm going to be who I am. And if you find it offensive, if you find it to be too tough, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.

My mother used to say, If other people have a problem with you, that's their problem. It's not your problem. I still have that philosophy today.

The greatest education is the knowledge of God. God gives life, strength and wisdom for every accomplishment.

Right now, in every big city ghetto, tens of thousands of yesterday's and today's school dropouts are keeping body and soul together by some form of hustling in the same way I did.

We measure everything by ourselves with almost a necessary conceit.

None are completely wretched but those who are without hope and few are reduced so low as that.

I feel a connection to many songs that I won't sing because I don't think they are right for me! There is something in my gut that immediately responds. There's no science to it.

I'm the first one in line to go watch "Spider-Man," but there's definitely something in me that makes me want to go to a movie and see something that makes me feel good about life.

Everything you do with a horse is a dance.

Relationships are like farting, If you push too hard things could get messy real fast.

Parents always know what strings control your heart and soul. After all, they are the ones who tied them there.

I rate each album as better than the last one. That's how I see it.