“People ask for this life, but they don’t really understand what comes with it. People just see the outside and that looks good – big houses, cars, girls, but you never see how the person is feeling deep down inside.”

I’m trying to become a young CEO, to brand myself in television and movies.

When I see my own people going through the tough times, it’s a wake-up call. I hope my influence can impact someone else’s decision to get out here and vote.

I’m loving N.Y., and words can’t even describe how happy I am to be here.

Dealing with the fame and going from nothing and becoming something where everyone wants a piece of you, your life changes in a day.

Guys like Todd Bridges never overcame being a child star. You can’t have any big failures. I’ve always felt regular. I played organized ball at the rec league. At 13, they told me I sold 3 million copies. I didn’t know what that meant.

I don’t prepare for my roles. I don’t watch movies to get inspired. I don’t dig deep. I’ll never be that type of actor, and I doubt that I ever will be.

I can take all the negative energy and turn it into a positive simply by purging my soul through music. That’s how powerful music can be.

I love my fans very much. They give me the confidence to continue things in life.

If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it’s to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel.

Those who constantly want something will never feel happy.

If you feel that you are good, don’t be too proud of it.

I really believe in the power of music.

If a man is tongue-tied, don’t laugh at him, but, rather, feel pity for him, as you would for a man with broken legs.

A society that feels life is the most precious thing [jars against] a society that prefers death over theft, over loss of pride, over inconvenience, and so much else.

For most Americans, my Chinese music feels like a novelty and it’s not what it is for me.

Dishonoring what we feel is an epidemic that has us self-medicating as a culture and trying to numb ourselves.