I'm 5 feet 7 but my legs weren't long enough to be a big-time model. From the knees up, everything is long but from ankle to knee, if I was in proportion, I'd be 5 feet 9.

You can't make people change, but the organizers of WorldFest hope that people consider being vegetarian for both moral and health reasons

No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is, you still have to get out of it.

I like being in a recording studio. I like watching a song go from the simplicity of the original music.

Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.

I don't want to see old people doing rap or rock and roll. It makes me cringe.

When the truth is found to be lies, and all the joy within you dies.

I collect stuffed animals, and toy stores make me happy.

Insignificant events can take on monumental proportions when your head is full of practically nothing.

When you get older, it's not about what you did that you regret, it's what you didn't do.

It's really a drag to sit around when you're old, and think, 'Ah, gee, I never went to France.' Go to France. Life is very short; you've got to pack it all in there.

We all have the freedom to fulfill our calling

Without fools there would be no wisdom.

She, however, attentively watched my looks, and her artist's pride was gratified, no doubt, to read my heartfelt admiration in my eyes.

There is never a time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment, the time is always now.

I'm a hopeless romantic, and very much the person in a relationship to go: If things are going well, I'll buy the flowers, remember the dates of things, plan fun nights out.

Now we must learn to judge a society by its sounds.

Luckily for me, I became a rap star so I'm making enough money to support my family. It's funny because that may seem like the only way that I can do such a task.

Be yourself, know your power, have confidence in what you have to contribute.

When I don't know the answer to something, I write a book about it because it gives me a chance to explore it and go to some people who do have the answers.

There is always sufficient reason for despair, but there is never sufficient purpose.