“I’m not that big, physically. I’m just big where it counts – I got a big heart!”

I’m really vulnerable onstage because it’s just me. I’m not really trying to put up a front or act a certain way.

I just remember I wanted to make my own dynasty and not keep following trends. I wanted to make my own.

I never want to look back on life and say I wish I did something, and I don’t want anybody else to do that.

Instead of thinking about work the next day or thinking about what you have to do, if you live in the moment you’ll have some of the best times of your life.

From the inside looking out you can never see how it looks from the outside looking in.

Feeling more comfortable onstage is something I’ve worked on – it’s really about just being the artist I am.

Even though it’s tiring, I’m having the time of my life.

Definitely people like Kanye, inspired me to work hard. He’s somebody who I’ve seen put that grind in over the years.

Sometimes when you make good stuff and you love it, it gets outdated sometimes, because you’ve held on to it so long, you may not like it like you used to.

Patience is the ability to accept trouble, suffering, delay without getting angry or upset, I feel like if you can master patience you can master anything.

For me, personally, Detroit is a melting pot for everything. We get the best from the East Coast, West Coast and down South.

I really just appreciate good jewelry, clarity, gold. I think gold is made for kings and pharaohs – that’s what I am. That’s why I rock gold and, you know, stuff like that.

I feel like when you’re a celebrity, people dehumanize you and they forget you’re a real person.

I just always stay honest with myself. All my stuff isn’t boastful, but some of it is. But that’s just the music, the art.

As I put out more music, I really want to get to the point where people feel like my show is a must-see.

It’s evolution, man. Eventually the student becomes the teacher.

It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.

Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.

Growing up with a house full of women and seeing them look good no matter what they put on every morning just inspired me to look good myself.

A building should appear to grow easily from its site and be shaped to harmonize with its surroundings if Nature is manifest there.

Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.

The past is like a handful of dust. It filters through your fingers, disappearing little by little. I wish, for one day, I could go back. In another life, I would do things differently.

People who live in society have learnt how to see themselves, in mirrors, as they appear to their friends. I have no friends: is that why my flesh is so naked?

We’ve got to learn to love appearances.