The thing with me is, I'm from a rap background so I'm not really a traditional singer in that sense.

You have a deeper connection with people who you have shared experiences with and shared pain.

I've always had good support of parents for doing what I wanted to do. When it became music they were just as supportive as well.

I have an urban background, but I need melody, I need a song, so I try to mix and match and keep it fluid.

When a song comes from a real story and from a real place I think it comes across to people. That's important.

I believe the things I love inwardly will be received by the right people outwardly. I believe that what I believe in will be received well. I try to keep that as a foundation to what I do.

Some people say that music isn't something you are; it's something you do. It's having a constant desire to share and express. But I believe it's something you are. To me it's more inward.

I think when you're younger you have a more black-and-white view of things. You're more exclusively dedicated.

Nakedness of what you do is exactly who you are, and that's how it should come across.

Art teaches something we all need to learn, especially about people who are different from ourselves: "To see things the way they truly are, sometimes you have to look more deeply.

Not only the footwear, wear also the courtesy, respect, and gratitude in your heart while stepping out of home.

Parks are works of art just as a painting or sculpture is.

Sometimes I feel as if sections of my ballets were done for me - that I didnt do them myself.

I have received my all from God. Oh, that I could return my all to God.

I never thought tennis was going to give me so much satisfaction.

One of the most satisfying aspects of writing is that it can open in us deep wells of hidden treasures that are beautiful for us as well as for others to see.

Iran is an island of stability in a turbulent corner of the world

When banks extend loans to their customers, they create money by crediting their customers’ accounts.

Books simply help you to see what is already within your self. That's what enlightenment is all about.