"I've accomplished enough with the music that I haven't had to go out there and do other things to over-saturate."

"I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit."

"I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it."

"Anything I've ever said, I certainly was feeling at the time."

"I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun."

"The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself."

"A quiet mind perceives the subtle truths that noisy ambitions constantly drown out. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"If I look at the message I'm portraying, I think it definitely is be who you are, but be your best you."