Be encouraged. Stay on your hustle. You can't fail until u quit.

Music is the noise that surrounds the stillness of the art form.

It's all about the work. Nothing is going to fall into your lap.

I'm really not an angry vegan, but human beings are f***ing rude.

I can't pay my [bills]. I can't go to work. My car is out of gas.

I've been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I'm a big supporter.

Never pass up any opportunity to share your gifts with the world.

Art allows people a way to dream their way out of their struggle.

Stay in your lane. If you're good enough, people will move to you.

People build themselves up before you even have to deal with them.

Don't ruin a good today by thinking of a bad yesterday, Let it go!

Always focus on your effort, instead of the results of that effort.

I don't want to wait for Hollywood to decide that what I do is good.

I'm lucky that I have a platform that I can answer my own questions.

At the shock of a joke, everything disappears but the present moment.

But rich or poor, black or white, none of us are entitled to anything.

You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.

If you aren't passionate about a vision, it's hard to have faith in it.

The soundtrack in the poetry is the soundtrack from your own heartbeat.

Give what you want to receive. If you want happiness, make others happy.

The imagination is how things get done. You have to cultivate creativity.

You've got to put your head down and do the work. There are no shortcuts.

It's important to focus on what we do best and master one craft at a time.

You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.

I produced Run DMC. I produced some early records, lots of records early on.

The poets who do this are uniquely conscious of this silence, this stillness.

I know a lot of angry liberals right now. Hell, I know a lot of angry vegans.

I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it's great.

Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.

The best defense for any group of people is what we do to defend other people.

I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I've never seen any place like it.

It's very simple: When you're working your hardest, the world opens up to you.

You just have to pay attention to what people need and what has not been done.

We meditate so we can see miracles unfolding. Without stillness life is a blur.

I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen.

No matter what you're doing, try to work at that task like it's your dream job.

As long as you are passionate about your vision, you should keep moving forward.

The old world is quickly disappearing, and the new opportunities are opening up.

Art is a way to express yourself and through that you can escape a bad situation.

At the core of everything that is hurtful to humanity is a lack of consciousness.

I feel the choices our president Barack Obama is making now are safer and better.

No matter what we've done or where we've been, every single one of us can change.

Look at all the billionaires. If I know 15 billionaires, I know 13 unhappy people.

Learn to let your thoughts exist on their own without getting too involved in them.

That really is the best part of being a dad. You remember what's important in life.

I don't miss my prayers and I don't miss my yoga. Those things are important to me.

Needing nothing really is the ultimate goal. And to have nothing to do with things.

No matter how rich you are, you cannot transport yourself to the future or the past.

Anyone whose mission is keeping people apart is swimming against a very strong tide.

I don't miss a day of yoga. I don't miss my meditation... They're way more important.

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