“I always wanted a family.”

My skin is 24 karat gold when a sun hit it.

Glory be and praise to God. I didn’t do any of this. God did. I don’t have a recipe or a blueprint. I prayed for it, and my prayers are continuing to be answered.

I don’t sleep much. I don’t sleep much – I work, I work, I work.

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

Knowledge is provided but only to those who need to know.

Without an understanding of bad, how can one truly have an appreciation of good.

I don’t know how the rap game is, because I’m a fan of reality, and the rap game’s entertainment.

Whatever an individual chooses to do with themselves, long as it doesn’t affect me and they’re respectful with it, I don’t care what they do. Because I’m not perfect and I have flaws, so who would I be to be judgmental?

Everybody round you pretendin that they are your partner, let you have a problem they won’t even help you out.

The most loyal people don’t have too many friends because they have witness too many disloyal shit from people they thought was real.

I live by the ten percent rule. Save one, you save a thousand.

Everytime the leaves are changing it’s the loneliest time of the year.

True wealth is not of the pocket, but of the heart and of the mind.

I’ve always stood on my own two. I don’t need a team. I don’t do the entourage thing, 30 people. I don’t do that. That’s just not me.

If you associate yourself with peer pressure or complacency, you’re destined for failure.

To be honest I am not lookin to be romantic, already got someone at home.

We set out what’s going to be our work time versus our foundation time versus family time, and we’ll reassess that… sometimes every week.

Women are the centre of the family. It’s the woman who decides what’s eaten in the house, when to have the kids vaccinated; everything that has to do with the children’s health revolves around her.

Work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls – family, health, friends, integrity – are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered.

I grew up without a father, so I have to be on point for my kids.

There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.

I love doing shows. I love rocking shows. I love playing instruments. I love singing. If I can find a way to do that and feed my family, then I’m a happy man.

America cannot continue to lead the family of nations around the world if we suffer the collapse of the family here at home.

When we heal ourselves, we heal our families. When we heal our families, we heal the world.