The spirit in which one earns his daily bread means as much to his soul as the bread itself may mean to his body.
No matter what walk of life you're from, you can appreciate the music - songs [can] resonate in your soul and your heart.
Whether the people in Haiti, the young kids in Chicago that [are] going through violence, or whether you're in Atlanta or L. A. or Europe - it's not even color barriers for me - I go to where I know there's a lot of turmoil and pain.
If the eyes are the window to your soul open eyes bring the cold.
My mom has obviously had a powerful influence on my life and her voice can describe certain things that I couldn't see in myself.
I wonder if these wack niggas realize they wack, And they the reason that my people say they tired of rap.
When you see people that lived their purpose and sacrificed, who are everyday people - teachers, sanitation workers, and just people from all walks of life - that said, "I'm standing up for what I believe in. I'm standing up for my community. " That reaffirms what you can do.
I was kind of an innocent hayseed from a middle-class, utterly nonintellectual background.
You do your own thing and you see if you survive.
A hungry dog believes in nothing but meat.
I also think you have to be very careful. I mean, the heritage of our company is very strong, and building some of these businesses into leading players is extremely tough. You and I can both build a trading business, and it looks like you're doing OK, and it looks like I'm doing OK. But, really, I am, and you aren't. It comes down to the quality of clients, quality of systems, quality of risk controls.