In order to stay out of trouble I worked in industry. You can't even do that nowadays; there were all those factories.

When you win, we win; but when you go down, you go down alone.

Nobody supported me; my family thought I had gone crazy. They thought, you crazy gangster, you crazy drug addict, now you want to be a writer? That's it! They totally gave up on me after that.

Nobody had books at home. My dad was a very educated person, so he would have books at home. All Spanish books. That helped. Most of my homies had no books at home.

The more you know, the more you owe.

I'm not really anti-gang - I was a gang member and so was my son. I'm pro-youth, pro-community, pro-family, pro-arts, and pro-peace.

There are choices you have to make not just once

Eventually I went back to high school. I went to a coaching center in my neighborhood. I had to leave the homeless situation because it was so bad and I knew that I was falling deeper and deeper.

I've always been prepared to write about the hard things. Only for healing, teaching, and enlightening purposes not to hurt or disparage anyone.

I was kind of a weird homie; I was a weird kid. Nobody in my family loved books. I'm the only one.

The clearer the objective, the better the performance.

Science teaches to think but love teaches to smile.

Oh, let us love our occupations, Bless the squire and his relations, Live upon our daily rations, And always know our proper stations.

I know the police cause you troubleThey cause trouble everywhereBut when you die and go to heavenYou find no policeman there

I'm a mess right now I can't eat can't sleepBills are piling high ain't worked in three weeksAin't bathed can't shave cause my heart is so tender like living in a blenderI'm shaken and I'm stirred

I was always a bit reluctant with anything like fame and the limelight and it didn't sit very well with me, although I love singing and writing.

Sometimes seeing everything just gets in the way.

The styling takes you straight into the world of a specific film.

Whatever their ideas or ideologies or religions are, always get along well with people!

Love is the force that brings us back together, in order to condense the experience dispersed in many lives and many parts of the world.