“Sometimes you got to start somewhere. And it’s cool, as long as where you start is not where you plan on finishing.”

I don’t cook gumbo, but I just know it’s a lot of good ingredients in it. And, with a movie, you got to have all those ingredients.

Money is the root of all evil. Yeah, money is the root. It’s not racism and “this-ism” and “that-ism”; it’s our thirst and hunger for money. And that’s where all the bodies are buried.

I’ve been fighting my whole career to show a different side and prove naysayers – not prove them wrong, because I don’t think you should get your energy from negative people.

The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.

Most of the problems that we have are brought on by the government and not by music. Music is a mirror of what we’re going through, not the cause of what we’re going through.

Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.

I think everybody likes a person that stands up for themselves. Nobody likes a punk or a coward.

I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.

Keep doin’ what you’re doin’, fall in love with what you’re creating, and everything else will fall into place.

I wish the world would become what God wanted it to be in the first place, before we tampered with it.

Sometimes, when you want to laugh, reality steps in.

Our household is built on love and respect. And we don’t really let negative vibes stay too long. It’s worked out. I got a great family, great kids.

I’m always open, and will criticize myself, too. And I just think being that honest with everybody puts you in a different space than somebody who’s just shooting venom at a certain group or a certain amount of individuals.

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.

If I’m going to an event I make sure I plan ahead so that I don’t have a fashion crisis.

The first part of planning is to believe that you can put that plan into practice.

The first part of planning is to believe that you can put that plan into practice.

Riches don’t respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

God had other plans when he created us in no one’s image.

The frustration that follows our persistence to override God’s plan for our life hits hard and different.

Any business plan won’t survive its first encounter with reality. The reality will always be different. It will never be the plan.

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.