“Hello, Darkness, my old friend.”

Just promise you’ll think of me, every time you look up in the sky and see a star.

If you had one shot, or one opportunity. To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment. Would you capture it or just let it slip?

These times are so hard, and they’re getting even harder.

To the people I forgot, you weren’t on my mind for some reason and you probably don’t deserve any thanks anyway.

Trust is hard to come by. That’s why my circle is small and tight. I’m kind of funny about making new friends.

The moment I used my adversity to my advantage, my career exploded.

Had a dream, I was King, I woke up, still King.

Stop having a boring life.

I don’t care if you’re black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you’re nice to me, I’ll be nice to you. Simple as that.

Don’t let them tell you ain’t beautiful.

It creeps me out sometimes to think of the person I was. I was a terrible person. I was mean to people.

If I had one wish I would ask for a big enough for the whole world to kiss.

If I’m not passionate about it, I can’t write it. I can’t fake it.

I bully myself cause I make me do what I put my mind to.

My family has never been there for me. They expect things because we’re blood.

Opportunity comes once in a lifetime.

Liberty is not less a blessing, because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it.

If you enter the dark side of life, and come through it, you emerge with more strength and passion.

For me black is not dark, it’s poetic. I don’t think of gothic I think of classic – it’s a big difference.

Let no one despair, even though in the darkest night the last star of hope may disappear.

Darling, do not teach your stars to shine. Teach them how to embrace the darkness.

Remember that you have a choice in what you see. If you choose to see a person’s darkness, you strengthen your darkness within. If you choose to see their light, you shine from the inside out.

I thought I had reached a point in life where everything would be smooth. But it is not. It just gets more jagged and pitted and filled with turns that take you into the dark recesses of your mind. It never seems to get easy.

When life hits you pretty hard, you can go into a dark corner.