I don't keep up with the Joneses, I am the Joneses..

Start small and with your own money..

They will love me for that which destroys me..

The image is an image..

God hides things by putting them near us..

I often look for beauty in form and structure, and for ideas..

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

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..

I mean rappin' to me is easy, it's something you can do over a week..

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

I loved performing every week, but all of the activities and amazing people we met when we were not filming stick out to me the most..

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

People relate to you a lot more when you're honest and authentic - and that's hard to do in front of millions of people every week..

Politics is a highly tribal business..

No one survives life..

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.