I'm close to my mother, and I could sit talking on the phone with her all day.

Everybody is doing the same old thing.

Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original music.

If I didn't have some kind of education, then I wouldn't be able to count my money.

Music is a male-dominated field. Women are not always taken as seriously as we should be, so sometimes we have to put our foot down.

Every day is not a beautiful day for anybody, but I try to treat all my fans nice and all the interviewers nice.

I'm not a prostitute but I can give you what you want

I love my mother. She's my first love. She has been through a lot and is a sole survivor.

Boy lift it up, lets make a toasta Lets get drunk, its gon bring us closa Don't I look like a HalleBerry posta?

I mean, when it's time to rhyme rhyme, I can get down for mine.

I'm not a person that's walkin' down the street looking mean all day.

Multitasking is actually a hindrance to productivity. Focus on one thing and get it done.

The chief enemy of creativity is 'good' sense.

My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin.

I feel lucky, happy and philosophical about it all.

Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature, that it is content with itself when it does what is just, and so secures tranquility.

To entertain at home is both a relief and a rediscovery - of rooms and settings, of your favorite things, and particularly of your own tastes and ideas.

Nothing but widespread suffering will produce any effect on Congress

I'm sure acting is a deeply neurotic thing to do.

I and a friend of mine called Mannon talked together, and we both decided to walk this journey.

I often give my wife Carol scripts I'm offered and want her opinion - because she's a really smart lady, and she's got nothing to do with this business, so I get the audience's point of view.