I was never just a 'fill in 16 bars on a beat' rapper. I was making real songs from the jump.

People change and things go wrong but just remember life goes on.

No matter where life takes me, you'll find me with a smile. Presumed to be happy, always laughing like a child. I never thought life could be this sweet! It's got me cheesing from cheek to cheek!

Your life's short, don't ever question the length / It's cool to cry, don't ever question your strength.

I be goofy, kinda funny. Acting stupid but they love me.

Stand by those who stand by you.

They say you waste time asleep, but I'm just trying to dream.

No matter where life takes me. Find me with a smile.

If you didn’t make mistakes you wouldn't get far.

If life a joke then I’m waiting for the punch. You all about the beef but me, I’m bout the bun.

I ain’t no hipster, but girl I can make your hips stir.

I live well with very little things but not without my dignity

Though my eyes cannot see beyond what I can see, I can see beyond what I cannot see

Earnestness and sincereness are synonymous.

I think every war certainly wears on national will and national patience, particularly a counterinsurgency.

I had that trapped feeling, like some sort of a poor insect that you've put inside a downturned glass, and it tries to climb up the sides, and it can't, and it can't, and it can't.

The short-lived self, teetering on the edge of extinction, is the only thing that can ever really matter.

My wife has a keen sense of humor. The more I humor her, the better.

If you want one thing too much it’s likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to like the everyday things, like soft beds and buttermilk—and feisty gentlemen.

Two cats can live as cheaply as one, and their owner has twice as much fun

There isn't anything you can't stand if you are only born and bred to it.