"Arrogance always destroys opportunity"

“Churches all over the country have decided they love their traditions more than their children.”

“I'm just basically trying to make music that feels good. Right now in the music industry there's a real lack of intimacy. You don't really connect with the artist as much anymore, and you don't really understand where they are. I'm basically doing music that illustrates who I am and where I am in my life.”

Source : "Meet 90201's Tristan Wilds!". Interview with Neha Gandhi, www.seventeen.com. October 26, 2011.

“When discussing organic evolution the only point of agreement seems to be: ‘It happened.’ Thereafter, there is little consensus, which at first sight must seem rather odd.”

Source : "Evolution: Bringing Molecules into the Fold". Work by Simon Conway Morris, January 7, 2000.

“When it came to hip-hop... I don't know. Maybe I was insecure. You know, this is the early '90s. If you were a white guy, and you were rapping, that wasn't as accepted yet. I was scared of the quiet Northeast suburbs, so I couldn't embrace my full rapper self.”

“God is a challenge because there is no proof of his existence and therefore the search must continue.”

“People always ask me about career choices, though it rarely ever seems like any kind of choice. It's just like, I really want to do something, this is what I can do, and that's it. I'm lucky to be doing this at all.”

“Oh, God, why don't I remember that a little chaos is good for the soul?”

Source : Marilyn French (2011). “The Women's Room”, p.227, Hachette UK

“You can see darn near anything just by walking along the beachfront from Venice to Malibu.”