It's really about making the best music you can make. It's really about working hard.

I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes.

You learn so much from taking chances, whether they work out or not. Either way, you can grow from the experience and become stronger and smarter.

I was a busy kid in high school - a little bit of an overachiever, I guess. Prom king was kind of silly, but the rest of the stuff was important to me.

Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure.

We all must follow a different path to let our light shine, and that's what makes us so unpredictable and unique.

The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education

I keep learning, listening, growing and experimenting.

When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that.

Love your curves and all your edges All your perfect imperfections

The future started yesterday, and we're already late.

Words are the key, the books are the door.

No enemy is indeed so terrible as a man of genius.

If what you own cannot be protected, you own nothing.

I want a bedroom near the sky, an astrologer's cave Where I can fashion eclogues that are chaste and grave.

The only way to resolve the North Korean problem is to change the regime.

This is servitude, To serve th'unwise, or him who hath rebelled Against his worthier, as thine now serve thee, Thyself not free, but to thyself enthralled.

I think that Detroiters are some of the most resilient people in the world.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.

What is the best use of my time on this planet?