“The thing is with hip-hop, it has its waves and the waves crash against the beach and the new waves come in. So to stay relevant you have to roll with that.”

You can do anything in the world if you say “Hey man, don’t blame me, the devil made me do it. It’s an easy way to escape responsibility.”

Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren’t about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that.

You never get tired of seeing yourself on TV. It’s always extra cool… always a treat.

I was ready to get out of the box and play something a little different than what everybody has seen.

When I was six, God was a white man with a big beard riding on a white cloud. That’s the image television pumps.

Any time there’s racism somewhere in sports, we should get it out of there because sports is a place where everything’s supposed to be fair.

I think, to me, reality is better than being fake.

I never was in the Nation of Islam… I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, ’cause it’s just me and God.

You want the industry to finally admit that you’re good. But I’m still good without their admission.

I always was like, “Yo, I’m here, I might as well get what I could take.”

There’s a lot of potential that goes unused in places like South Central L.A., a lot of brilliant, smart people who just don’t have that chance to show it.

Don’t talk about death, I’ve got too much life to live, To many orders to give.

The silver and black may have another home, but the Raiders will always belong to the people of Los Angeles.

Don’t worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.

I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who’s trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.

Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful.

When fear dissolves, you no longer separate yourself from this single flow of immense force. Love is continuity with infinite life force, a Oneness of being with no separation. Love is the key to opening to this flow of life force.

Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.

The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.

I try not to get analytical in the writing process. I try to just kind of keep the flow from my brain to my hand as far as the pen is concerned and go with the moment and go with my guts.

True inner joy is self-created It does not rely on any outer circumstances A river is flowing in and through you carrying the message of joy. This divine joy is the sole purpose of life.

Go where the energy flows.

Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow’s problems flow.

The milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks.