Mosquitoes can ruin the hunt for big game.

Anything that causes you to overreact or underreact can control you, and often does.

Want freedom? Get organized. Want to get organized? Get creative.

My opinion is that anybody offended by breastfeeding is staring too hard

Small things done consistently, in strategic places, create major impact.

A lot of people have nothing very well organized, and a lot of people have nothing, very well organized.

You can do anything, but not everything.

Your ability to generate power is directly proportional to your ability to relax

Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.

It's easier to change directions if you are in motion.

Review your list as often as you need to get them off your mind.

Music, to me, if it's good, it's good. That's all that matters.

I always felt that rap didn't cause crime; it just reflected it.

Sometimes I start just on the piano with a melody or musical idea that kind of leads me to certain lyrics.

I do believe that part of us ending racism is us seeing each other's humanity and learning to love each other, even if we look different or worship differently or live differently.

Artists in general never stay in the same place, we keep growing. It's still you, you still have that core that you always had, but you work with new people and hear new things.

I believed in myself and I am a firm believer you have to think the things you want and visualize.

Sometimes there's that perfect moment when the crowd, the music, the energy of the room come together in a way that brings me to tears.

I feel like spirituality definitely comes through in my music, but I don't make any specific efforts to make it that way.