Since I went no grasse hath growne on my hele..

When I was 18 I already had a business going..

Things [only] exist once they are represented..

You can hold onto anything to make you carry on..

Take what you got and fly with it..

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself..

When you're the ingénue no one is really interested in you for that..

Beauty is like a sunset: it goes as soon as you try to capture it. The beauty you like is precisely that which escapes you..

I am not an African. I am an American..

I think my entire songwriting catalog reflects where I was in my life at the time. I capture whatever moment I am experiencing in life..

Politics is a highly tribal business..

No one survives life..

In The Sellout I tried to capture how we can talk and see race, how we see urbanity, and how we see our history..

Charge for something and make more than you spend..

If you push too much for somebody that everyone knows is your friend, and that you've worked with before, it can backfire..

Strength is for service, not status.

I don't pull, I just receive..

You can change so many things in your life, but you cannot change where you come from. It's something that you have to deal with: the role everybody ….

Captures the reader with true magic..

There is only one thing Donald Trump is interested in, and that's Donald Trump..

Be bold. You gotta be bold..