You can only watch injustice go on for so long until you're compelled to say something. To speak out against it.

The skyline is etched in my veins. You can never put that out, no matter how hard it rains.

And know that every struggle in life is there to teach you a lesson It's times like this that make you

Hold your head up, there's a light in the sky I know your fed up but you must try to survive Each moment's precious, don't let life pass you by Keep focused, keep your eyes on the prize.

Music is therapy. Music moves people. It connects people in ways that no other medium can. It pulls heart strings. It acts as medicine.

I don't control life, but I can control how i react to it

The greatest trick that the devil ever pulled Was convincing women that they looked Better in their makeup

Don't forget where you come from Don't die holding on to your words Cause you know you got a whole world to change But understand who you got to change first

Just because you miss someone doesn't mean you need them back in your life. Missing is just a part of moving on.

A life lived for art, is never a life wasted.

The moment is now and we cant get it back from the grave.

The higher animals are in a sense drawn into Man when he loves them and makes them (as he does) much more nearly human than they would otherwise be.

Too much is how I love you, but too well is how I know you.

I see no reason to have my shirts ironed. It's irrational.

What questions do I want my audience to ask?

Fiction is risky for writers also in that the process of making certain books, of shaping certain narratives, leaves scars and marks on your inner life.

Like on the airlines, they say they want to 'pre-board'. Well, what the hell is 'pre board'? What does that mean? To get on before you get on?

I'm involved in issues, and issues are about grass-roots politics.

I have nothing but love in my heart and everything I say is just an instrument for laughs.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

It’s a rare man who is taken for what he truly is.