People say that I could sing the phone book and make it sound good.
For me that's one of the great indulgences in life - a hand-tailored suit, and a great pair of handmade shoes.
The longer it takes you to become successful, the harder it will be for somebody else to take it away from you.
If you never fall in love with your character, you'll never be able to do that character justice. No matter who it is, no matter what the character does, you have to find the reason for it. Everyone's got a reason for what they do, even if it's a reason that they're not proud of.
In life you don't regret the things you do, you regret the things you don't do.
Life has ups and it has downs. I don't care who you are.
If you accept the pain, it cannot hurt you.
This past Thanksgiving, my father was at the farm, and I had all 11 dogs in the house with a father who never allowed dogs in the house. And he got up to leave the table and came back and Solomon was in his chair. And he says, "This dog is in my chair. " And I said, "It's the other way around, you're sitting in his chair. "
What's clear - and exciting - is that communication for social change is growing.
Some people say I'm saying what they wanna say. Some people don't agree. Some people are outraged. Some people want to see what the album is about. To me, hip-hop's been dead for years. We all should know that, come on. With that being said, then, the object of the game now is to make money off of exploiting it. That's what it's all about - get this money. That's basically what I'm saying.
I like new ballets because they're totally new. As you get older, new experiences are harder and harder to come by, so it's pretty great to have a new experience.