“Anytime I hear that somebody’s really rich, the first question is, ‘Do you do anything with it? Or do you, like, chill? You just sit on it?’”

You don’t need to give reasons for the things you do – you just have to do what you want. And sometimes the thing that seems messed up to everyone else is what’s right for you. You have to do it and not be ashamed of it.

Appreciate what you’ve got and follow your heart and you’re all good. Don’t over-complicate things.

I stand by every mistake I’ve ever made, so judge away.

When you love something, you get to know it. Then you feel the ownership and if it changes, you only love it as far as you know it because then you’re like, “What is this?”

I have no idea what I’m doing, and that’s kind of how I love it.

I went through an experience that taught me that as soon as you think that you know how your life is going to be, something in the universe will make you realize that you really are not that in control of it.

I’m not the type of person that just needs to feel concrete and like nothing’s going to change. I revel in the change.

A lot of actors think that what we do is so important, like we’re saving people’s lives or something.

Sometimes you have to be selfish to get what you want and move forward in life.

If you’re an honest person, you’ll make mistakes, but it’ll be okay. The most interesting things happen after making mistakes.

Nobody lived my life. Nobody cried my tears. So don’t judge me.

I’m also human so I have days when I look in the mirror and go, “All right . Things are definitely changing.” I can see that.

I am fearless when I think I’m alone.

It’s impossible to always get across what I’m trying to say, but, if I just stay honest, then I’m not going to look back on any of these interviews and wonder what I was trying to do or be.

It’s okay,’ you know? It’s okay to be you. It’s okay to just not be okay. It’s okay to not be okay.

Girls are scary. Large groups of girls scare the crap out of me.

Your first realization when you become an important person is that all day and all night, whatever the circumstances, people want to hear you talk about yourself.

I gotta stay in that light where people will see me and hear me. And not be scared of me, you know?

There’s so much negativity in the world and what you only need to hear is all the love.

As Negro voting increased, Congress got an improved sense of hearing.

Women don’t want to hear what you think. Women want to hear what they think – in a deeper voice.

There is no such thing as a dirty word. Nor is there a word so powerful, that it’s going to send the listener to the lake of fire upon hearing it.

Don’t believe everything you hear about me, who can speak louder than me, wearing your last name instead of mine.

There’s plenty for me to do. There are more albums. I’ll record as long as I can and as long as my voice works as well as it does now and for as long as people want to hear me.