There are a lot of people who go their whole lives without truly knowing what love is, or ever experiencing that.

I want my music to be treated as a book or a movie. It's not about the one single: it's about the bigger picture.

I'm scared to give gratitude to the people that, if I hadn't heard their stuff, I wouldn't be able to make music.

If you ever plan to motor west, travel my way, take the highway that is best. Get your kicks, on Route Sixty-six.

When I met you last night baby Before you opened up your gap I had respect for ya lady But now I take it all back

I see myself as the ambassador of hip-hop. I do songs with people from everywhere. We ain't got nothing but love.

Wherever I go with my life, even the good times and the bad parts, only two people are with me: God and my music.

I had heard blues and jazz all my life but I was never aware that it was associated with nightclubs and drinking.

I could spit dust I'm so mad. He wants to put violins on my new session. I'll die before I'll go all the way pop.

I've lived a life that's full, I traveled each and ev'ry highway, And more, much more than this, I did it my way.

Let's all get married. There is nothing more beautiful than two people who love each other and commit to marriage

Those of us who have the eyes and ears of the media have a responsibility to amplify the voices of the voiceless.

I don't really hang out with anyone. I'll hang out with my band ... but I don't have any friends aside from that.

I'm an introvert at heart... And show business - even though I've loved it so much - has always been hard for me.

That's one of the tragedies of this life - that the men who are most in need of a beating up are always enormous.

I didn't ever want to make a rap album. I considered it too limiting. Now that's exactly what I've gone and done.

I think if you can get to that point, exercising, when you really enjoy it, then you're pretty much set for life.

A lot of true Jamaican artists don't understand the importance of radio so tend not to tap into that as a result.

Singing is my life. And when I can do that, that's when I'm free. That's when I'm at my happiest, I'm at my most.

If I wear bright colors or something, I'll tie all my hair back. I don't want to look too like 'Girls Next Door.'

When I'm lying in my bed, I think about life and I think about death. And neither one particularly appeals to me.

If the sun warms up the rain, and the rain puts out the sun. Why does the greatest love become the greatest pain?

If you want to find somebody and you want to be married and you want to have children, don't make it a rock star.

Thank God for beautiful songs about feeling despair when you yourself are in despair. They really get us through.

I've got kids now and they will constantly pull you into the here and now - they are very present and very vivid.

What in your life allows you to give up to other people, and allows you to forgive others and accept forgiveness.

I don't wanna lose you And I always wanna feel this way Cause everytime I'm with you I feel true love, true love.

In Buddhism there are words you can say... as you say the words with rhythm the conscious tells the subconscious.

The way you look for songs, you find yourself looking for little signals and clues about life and how things are.

It is so important for me to try, and having tried I look back on failure and success as if it were all the same.

I cry alot-I dont know why, but it just helps me. I cry over bad and good stuff-sometimes sadness can be beautiful

Music is the first thing I ever cared greatly about. I've been singing and writing songs since I was six or seven.

An idea is our visual reaction to something seen - in real life, in our memory, in our imagination, in our dreams.

I don't want to look out and perform in front of people who are drunk. I did that when I was playing little clubs.

Keep going is keep growing only if one keeps adding values in others' lives through the path of his life's journey

Everybody wants respect. In their own way, three-year-olds would like respect, and acknowledgment, in their terms.

Beyonce is very outspoken on feminist issues. So I think that's good. That could be brought to the forefront more.

Giving back is the right thing to do, whether it's donating clothing or even just a smile to someone who needs it.

That's when the dream is so far off it seems like it will never happen. It can be most anything you want it to be.

I didn't grow up playing video games. I grew up catching crawdads in the creek and minnows and lizards and snakes.

As a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.

In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.

When you align yourself with God's purpose as described in the Scriptures, something special happens to your life.

God's Spirit moves through us and the world at a pace that can never be constricted by any one religious paradigm.

The great moments of rock 'n' roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.

When I first started fingerpicking, the first thing I learned was 'Don't Think Twice It's Alright' from Bob Dylan.

When I was at college - that was the first time I tried singing. I played in a band, and people seemed to like it.

I'm definitely up in weight. I'm looking forward to getting an exercise routine again. It's like a daily decision.

In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I guess I've been oblivious.

I think it bothers people to see people that are happy and successful. So they try to find what's wrong with them.

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