...There's a difference between desire and desperation. You should never want a guy more than he wants you.

Some way some how i'm going to be happy i'm going to laugh i'm going to prosper, i feel good that i remain positive thru these mess up times!!!

sometimes i am not sure.if i am writing the poemor the poemis writing me.

You know what the difference between a vision and a hallucination is? They call it a vision when other people can see it.

If you're really a rapper, you can't stop rapping.

Any man who had to carry a child would cave in around month two.

All this role model bullshit; you don't have any extra responsibilities because you made some good songs! Your only responsibility is to make good songs.

They were worried we wouldn't get any radio play at all[ for "A Deal with God" ]. That's why it was changed [to "Running Up That Hill"].

True wealth is having a healthy mind, body, and spirit. True wealth is having the knowledge to maneuver and navigate the mental obstacles that inhibit your ability to soar.

Everything really is beautiful if you choose to see it that way.

The one thing that always sticks out to me was how reading to young people - even if they're not that young, even if they're too cool for school, middle schoolers - what a profound act of love it is.