"I run me like a conglomerate, because that's what I am."

“I want people to suffer less, and I think it's possible.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

“What you have to do as a comedian, that I suppose is quite difficult, is you have to end it. All the stuff that I've ever done in the past - all the tours - no matter how good it was last year or the year before, that's gone. What exists this year only exists in this time, and then it will be gone.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“If you fight with all your might, there is a chance of life; where as death is certain if you cling to your corner”

“As one who loves literature, art, music and history, I've been deeply rooted in the Harlem Renaissance for many years.”

“It's been cool to see on the Voice all these up-and-coming artists from all over the country just develop and follow their careers as well, because we were all at a beginning point together. Now, after seeing the business side and behind-the-scenes stuff, it's hard for me to watch reality TV and play along like they want you to.”

“Where words can be translated into equivalent words, the style of an original can be closely followed; but no translation which aims at being written in normal English can reproduce the style of Aristotle.”

Source : Aristotle, Gilbert Murray (1920). “On the Art of Poetry”, p.6, Oxford University Press on Demand

“Who is this Monet whose name sounds just like mine and who is taking advantage of my notoriety?”

“A baby is like the beginning of all things: wonder, hope a dream of possibilities. In a world that is cutting down its trees to build highways, losing its earth to concrete, babies are almost the only remaining link in nature, with the natural world of living things from which we spring.”

Source : Eda J. LeShan (1967). “The Conspiracy Against Childhood”, New York : Atheneum