“Nobody’s going to force me to do something against my will. What do I owe anybody that I should submit my will to them?”

A lot of us are too busy focusing on what we think people want to hear, as opposed to just saying what’s in our hearts.

You improve yourself and light up the corner that you live on. You may not touch a gazillion lives, but you can light up your own space, light up your home.

I think what people are attracted to about me, if anything, is my passion. People got exposed to my passion through music and song first.

Whenever we submit our will to someone else’s opinion, a part of us dies.

See no one loves you more than me and no one ever will.

Anything that is not growing is dead.

I consider myself a crayon. I may not be your favorite color but one day you’ll need me to complete your picture.

The only way to know is to Live, Learn, and Grow.

If I’d known white people were going to buy my last album, I never would have recorded it.

You could get the money, you can get the power, but keep your eyes on the final hour.

It’s emotional warfare telling the people we love, the most, the truth about ourselves.

The less I have, the freer I am to do whatever I want to do.

I can give away everything I posses, but am without love, and I have no happiness

We can’t plan life. All we can do is be available for it.

In my travels all over the world, I have come to realize that what distinguishes one child from another is not ability, but access. Access to education, access to opportunity, access to love.

Hypocrites always wanna play innocent.

I’m just myself. That’s the best way to put it.

If you live each day as it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right

A positive attitude and a sense of humor go together like biscuits and gravy.

I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I’ve bought a big bat. I’m all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

I’m not going to limit myself just because people won’t accept the fact that I can do something else.

To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.

All things are ready, if our mind be so.

Accept yourself. You don’t have to prove shit to no one except yourself.