"He who trades pacing for gimmicky open-world freedom deserves neither."

“Like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration across conflict divides.”

“All we are asked to bear we can bear.”

“In this mob of I's inside, which one is me? Hear me out. I know I'm wandering, but don't start putting a lid on this racket. No telling what I'll do then. Every moment I'm thrown by your story. One moment it's happy, and I'm singing. One moment it's sad, and I'm weeping. It turns bitter, and I pull away. But then you spill a little grace, and just like that, I'm all light. It's not so bad, this arrangement, actually.”

“Show business is one of the few businesses that the devil will actually agree to own just a portion of your soul because he knows if you have a performer's ego you were probably working for him all along.”

“Hip-hop gave a generation a common ground that didn't require either race to lose anything; everyone gained.”

“Wine is a sensual pleasure. Its real value is when it splashes into the glass. It is not in the category of a Degas painting. The point is not for people to go to their cellar and stroke their bottles.”

“Jargon is making it increasingly hard to understand what a public figure is actually trying to say”

“May I share with you a formula that in my judgment will help you and help me to journey well through mortality... First, fill your mind with truth; second, fill your life with service; and third, fill your heart with love.”