I don't really have a focus, I just make music.

I don't have a message. You already have all these people telling you how to live, who to be, what to wear, what to drive, what drugs to do - I just want people to see what I see.

I live to die; better that than to live a lie.

You have to be able to differentiate between the different areas of life. It shows that we're all separate people, we're all different, but we're all the same.

As a living, breathing person, you must love things that derive from nature.

The world sucks, man. But Tesla does have a mid-size sedan now, and that's very important to the future.

School doesn't teach you much. School teaches you how to follow directions, that's what school is for.

I feel like it's impossible to be completely yourself, because you'll always get bored; you have to push your own limits.

I'm getting old! My back hurts, I got asthma, I just been listening to Amy Winehouse, trying not to cry. Life's crazy.

When I was a kid if you didn't have "Lil" in front of your name, you were trash.

If you're a voice for a community, then you're a voice for something more than yourself. I want to have an impact, because I don't want anybody to have to go through what I went through.

The elimination of profit, whatever methods may be resorted to for its execution, must transform society into a senseless jumble.

The value of beauty and inspiration is very much underrated, no question. But I want to be clear: I'm not trying to be anyone's savior. I'm just trying to think about the future and not be sad.

Creation is a sustained period of bliss.

I still paint. I love the joy that color can give to our lives and to our communities. I try to bring something of the artist in me to my politics.

The best preparation for the future is a well-spent today.

I don't reveal to her that I love her. I keep poker faced. She might as well be looking at a cantaloupe, there is so little information in my face, but my heart is beating.

Writing is a miracle. You can travel anywhere in the world, to any time and any place — and still be home in time to have dinner.

We are thus assisted by natural objects in the expression of particular meanings. But how great a language to convey such pepper-corn informations!

People ask if I had hope of becoming a champion. I had hope. Hope was the only thing I had. Hope pushed me.

The sign of life is strength and growth.