You can be the coldest rapper, but if you're not known, you're nobody.

Don’t let people’s negative perspectives impact yours

What is a quote? A quote (cognate with quota) is a cut, a section, a slice of someone's orange. You suck the slice, toss the rind, skate away.

We're tortured, a lot of us, believe me.

Intellectuals are people who go to study things other people do naturally.

I find that life is easier when it is just a blur With no details to confuse who or what or where I was So when the ending comes the full regret will be obscure

I have a problem with cleaning. It's my release. I get up at 6 A.M. and clean and hoover and mop everything. Then I feel better.

The entire cosmos is one vast burning bush, permeated by the fire of the divine power and glory

Self-pity is an ignoble emotion, but we all feel it, and the orthodox critical line that it represents some kind of artistic flaw is dubious, a form of emotional correctness.

O Allah, You know that the only thing I want in this life Is to be obedient to Your command. Even the living sight of my eyes Is service at your court

There have been countless changes in the long history of art. The most significant have been brought about by the genius of a single artist.