“I can’t say any artist inspired me, because I’m inspired by the things that go on around me.”

I have trouble with letting go. That’s my problem.

I don’t believe in conspiracy theories. I’m just a cold-blooded investigator.

I’m not afraid to make mistakes.

I’m not afraid to make mistakes.

I was born on a full moon. Both my children were born on full moons, too. Some people say that’s scary. It is what it is, man, I don’t be trippin’. I couldn’t tell God when I wanted to be born.

Loyalty is hard to find, trust is easy to lose.

Say what you doin and not what you finna do.

Jail and the streets go hand in hand. You can’t have one with out the other. They coincide.

I have trust issues with allowing other individuals to know my innermost secrets for fear of how I may be viewed. Everyone has this.

Don’t get mad at me for being the best of what I was created to be.

I don’t pay attention to sales because it’s not about that for me. It’s about the music. Music is all I have.

I don’t let the left hand know what the right hand is doing.

I’m an introvert somewhat. There could be a room full of people, I’ll go stand in the corner.

A loyal chick comes with a smart mouth and crazy attitude.

When you come up in the slums, having nothin’ make you humble.

The ones that hate you most tend to be the people you know.

I grew up in an artists community in New York, in a building that was government-subsidised for artists. No one made any money, but they made art for the sake of art.

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

Love is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to a woman the sublime artist who can touch her heart without withering it.

All of the artists did such a beautiful job I can’t thank them enough. I’m just honored that ‘God Only Knows’ was chosen. ‘God Only Knows’ is a very special song. An extremely spiritual song and one of the best I’ve ever written.

A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.

I love doing logos. I’ve been a graphic artist all my life.

I got a lot of experience for my age. Some artists might take a line or two from a bunch of songs and snip it together and make something, but everything I say I do.

Thought that can merge wholly into feeling, feeling that can merge wholly into thought – these are the artist’s highest joy.