The responsibility of an artist is to be honest with themselves.

A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows.

Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.

I ignored your aura but it grabbed me by the hand, like the moon pulled the tide, and the tide pulled the sand.

Do the math: You never settle for less than the whole if you knew the half.

You gotta get back to your essence, Use your gifts and share your presence, Don't count your dollars 'til you count your blessings.

Life without knowledge is death in disguise.

The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop song. That's the only music you can do that with.

If lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z.

I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.

You know, there's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.

I wonder how many people don't get the one they want, but end up with the one they're supposed to be with.

The morning was brisk and the coffee was hot and roasted with little gurgles in the room. Rosie hadn’t moved, but she let out a tiny snore every now and again that made everything perfect.

There is no perfect day in calendar, it’s just a matter of number. Sometimes you’ve to make your day perfect by picking one moment...

Engagement is not appeasement. Engagement is not surrender.

In some cases, inventions prohibit innovation because we're so caught up in playing with the technology, we forget about the fact that it was supposed to be important.

pg 9, "The consciousness of life's unconsciousness is the oldest tax levied on the intelligence.

If the marriage needs help, the answer almost always is have more fun. Drop your list of grievances and go ride a roller coaster.

I'm not a big fan of remakes. I never wanted to do a remake.

You frantically want to make a mark on the history of humanity? You, King of the Fools! In the very distant future, there shall be no history; there shall remain not even a single trace of anything!

Yer the only friend I got, pigpiss... Ain't that the biggest tragedy you ever heard?