I'm not messing around with nobody's woman. If I want a woman I go get her - you know what I mean?

Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.

It's not the note you play that's the wrong note - it's the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.

If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I'd spend it choking a white man. I'd do it nice and slow.

It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.

In music, silence is more important than sound.

I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life.

Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery

Do not fear mistakes. There are none.

Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.

If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can't be trusted.

You're such a cynic, " Molly said."I think cynics are playful and cute.

Digging through my roots to understand the way my branches grew.

We have to fight them daily like fleas those many small worries about the morrow for they sap our energies.

I've said very clearly, including in a State of the Union address, that I'm against 'don't ask, don't tell' and that we're going to end this policy.

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

In this life ain't no happy endings; Only pure beginnings followed by years of sinning and fake repentance.

The possibility of remedying imprudent actions is commonly an inducement to commit them.

In 2056, I think you'll be able to buy T-shirts on which are printed equations describing the unified laws of our universe.

I believe that a bad Super Bowl halftime show is still better than a soccer game.

The message of frustration is an exciting signal. it means that your brain beleives you could be doing better than you currently are.