I wish we lived in a society that made it safe and provided the courage for everyone to come out.
Music has the power to stop time. But music also keeps time.
In terms of being a 'sneakerhead,' there was one point where I was obsessively following every sneaker blog. That's the beauty of Twitter: To get the heads up on what's coming out.
I have a lot of those 'Forrest Gump,' I-was-there moments.
I think the music comes first, then comes the fashion, and thus, the lifestyle. I believe it starts with music, and then the person delivering it delivers the lifestyle, the fashion. Madonna is a great example of that.
I don't believe in good music and bad music anymore. I'm through with that phase of my life. Sometimes I just wanna feel good, so I put on a good record. But mostly I'm more of a businessman than a music fan, so I'm listening to music in terms of, is this effective or not effective?
My theory is that nine times out of ten, if there's a depression, more a social depression than anything, it brings out the best art in black people. The best example is, Reagan and Bush gave us the best years of hiphop.
To choose ways of not acting was ever the concern and scruple of my life.
I tend to do things that I'm very frightened of. That's what I do.
Some learned writers. . . have compared a Scorpion to an Epigram. . . because as the sting of the Scorpion lyeth in the tayl, so the force and virtue of an epigram is in the conclusion.
If all the economists in the world were laid end to end, it wouldn't be a bad thing.