I'd much rather wear out than rust out.
Six months go by very quickly when you're a genius.
The whole idea of music, from the beginning of time, was for people to be happy
Music means communication to me. I say 'listen you people out there, listen to my music, let's be one. ' Music is a friend to me when I am lonely, when I am blue. You can't define music 'cause music is cosmos and it knows no barrier or definition. You have to feel music to dig it.
All I can say is that it's amazing what you can accomplish when you're young and foolish.
There's still time to change the road you're on. . .
The past is a stepping stone, not a millstone.
The West to me is where the landscape is.
I am writing these poems from inside a lion.
People think my career started when I sent that tape to Renaissance. I’d actually been working hard for seven years before I got to that point. I was putting on parties and booking DJs around me to get my name on the flyer. I knew I had to do it for myself. I knew no one was going to come knocking on my door. I knew it was up to me.
Wisdom is knowing what you don't know.