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Imagine If You Have A Million Views On A Show And They Say It's A Hit On Some Cable Networks. I Could Put Out A Piece Of Content That Has 20 Million Views.

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The Thing About Hip-hop Is That It's From The Underground, Ideas From The Underbelly, From People Who Have Mostly Been Locked Out, Who Have Not Been Recognized.

Surround Yourself With People Who Are Smarter Than You.

Surround Yourself

In My Heart, I Know That Marriage Equality For Every Human Being Isn't A Question Of If, But Only A Matter Of When. I Ask Those Who Feel That Giving Freedom To Others Somehow Binds You, To Please Take A Good Look At What You Are Standing Behind.

If It Feels Like Your Life Has Become A Nasty, Brackish Puddle Of Water, Never Forget That You Do Possess The Power To Transform It Into A Beautiful, Rushing Stream That Will Carry You To Enlightenment.

What Holds Most People Back Isn't The Quality Of Their Ideas, But Their Lack Of Faith In Themselves.

If You Run A Corporation, Your Job Is To Maximize The Return On Investment For Your Investors. Good For You. But By The Same Token, We Have To Remember That Corporations Have No Compassion. That’s Why Legislation And Regulations Are Necessary.

The Research Shows That If You Meditate, The Mind Becomes Still, And They Can See The Functionality And Gray Matter In The Brain Increase, The Nervous System Calm, The Immune System Improve And A Reduction In Stress.

Music Is The Noise That Surrounds The Stillness Of The Art Form.

I Want To Fight Poverty And Ignorance And Give Opportunity To Those People Who Are Locked Out.

I Mostly Eat Healthy. I Just Do. I'm Not A Vegan For Health Reasons - Although Obviously I'm 20 Pounds Lighter Than When I Started. I Stayed 20 Pounds Lighter. I Feel Better. My Friends Say I Look Better. All That's True. But I'm A Vegan For Compassionate Reasons.

I Would Never Condone Violence Against Women In Any Form, And For All Of Those I Offended, I Am Sincerely Sorry.

I Try To Keep A Positive Intention, And Use Whatever Resources I Have To Benefit Others. I Try To Create Businesses That I Think Are Not Hurtful. I Try To Do Things That I Think Are Helpful To The Environment, To The Animals, And To The Planet.

Art Is A Way To Express Yourself And Through That You Can Escape A Bad Situation.

Express Yourself

The Always-connected Culture Isn't As Much A Contributor As Grace Might Think. The Nervous Mind, The Monkey Mind, Will Create Its Own Noise. It Doesn't Need A New Toy.

Everything You Need To Know About Success Is Inside Of You, Because I Believe It Is Inside Of All Of Us. That Is, All Human Beings Have Potential For Infinite Success.

Nowhere In The Bible, Koran, Or Torah Does It Say, "if You Curse, Then You're Going To Hell." But Everywhere It Says That If You Kill, You're Going To Wherever They Send You, Depending On The Religion.

Being Materialistic Is Part Of The Hip-hop Community's Nature, Because Jazz And Blues And Rock 'n' Roll, When They Started Out In The Urban Communities, Were About The American Dream, And The Lack Of Opportunity In That Structure. So They Talked About Everything - Uplifting And Getting What Is Perceived As Success In America.

I Mean People Are Sexist And Racist And Homophobic And Violent. But I Don't Think Of The Rappers As Being Any More Sexist Or Racist Or Homophobic Than Their Parents. Certainly Less, In All Those Cases, Less Homophobic Or Racist Or Sexist, And Then Less Gangster Than Our Government. It's Stuff That People Normally Don't Speak On, Subjects They Don't Speak On, And Ideas They Kind Of Keep To Themselves.

You've Got To Put Your Head Down And Do The Work. There Are No Shortcuts.

One Positive Thought Can Change Your Whole Day.

Positive Thoughts

[performing Artists] Are Making Greater Percentages. People Are Going To Live Events More And It's A Big Success Story For Everyone - Except The Music Industry Itself.

I Don't Fault Business. If You Run A Corporation, Your Job Is To Maximize The Return On Investment For Your Investors. Good For You. But By The Same Token, We Have To Remember That Corporations Have No Compassion. That's Why Legislation And Regulations Are Necessary.

I Knew It Was Unrealistic To Think I Could Build An Institution Overnight. But If I Took Baby Steps, Eventually It Would Happen.

I'm Still Moving Around.we're Building A Platform To Put A Song Out Every Week For 52 Weeks Called Add52.

What I Would Do To Change This Planet Is Have Everyone Meditate And Look Inside. Then We'd Have A Happier, More Service-oriented, Less-needy World.

Hip-hop Is A Voice For Voiceless Poor People.

The Reason I Got A Break In Hollywood When I Moved Here A Few Years Ago Is My Good Buddy, Who I Was On The Beach With When He Was A Publicist, Is Now The Chairman Of Hbo.

Culture In America And Everywhere Else Comes From The Suffering, From Those Who Don't Want The Old Ways. They Want To Bring In The New, Whether It's The Ballet, When It Started, Or Shakespeare.

You Know, The Diversity That America Has Is So Special. It's Starting To Really Become A Cool Thing For Young People.

If You Don't Break A Hole Through The Brick Wall, Don't Just Start Digging A New Hole. Keep Going Until You Break Through That Wall.

I Have 2 Million Twitter Followers. Some Of Those People Are Also Yogis And Activists And People Who Really Go Out And Make A Difference. I Do As Much As I Can With My Voice. It's Effortless In Some Cases. I Try To Remind Everybody That They Have That Kind Of Voice.

I Think That's What Made Rap Such A Stable Footprint In Culture, That It's So Honest.

The Less You Need, The More You Attract.

No Matter How Rich You Are, You Cannot Transport Yourself To The Future Or The Past.

No Matter What We've Done Or Where We've Been, Every Single One Of Us Can Change.

People Changing

Being A Thoughtful Vegan Makes Our Time On This Earth More Peaceful And Joyous, Because You Get To Have A Hand In Promoting And Increasing The Happiness, Good Health And Well-being Of Others -- Both Animal And Human -- Rather Than Being An Instrument Of Their Suffering And Death.

You Cannot Find It Anywhere, Because It Is Located Inside You... Happiness Is Your Natural State.

No Matter What You're Doing, Try To Work At That Task Like It's Your Dream Job.

I Can't Get My Medicine.

But Rich Or Poor, Black Or White, None Of Us Are Entitled To Anything.

Urban Pop Culture Is Its Own Phenomena That Is For Some Reason Is Left Out Of Hollywood. It's The Most Mainstream Thing There Is.

Imagine If You Have A Million Views On A Show And They Say It's A Hit On Some Cable Networks. I Could Put Out A Piece Of Content That Has 20 Million Views.

The Book 'do You!' Is About Your Inner Voice. And When You Connect To That Voice Then You - Then The Freedom Comes. And We're Only Here To Be Happy. So Happy Makes Money. Money Doesn't Make Happy.

In The End, The Overriding Factor In Whether Or Not You Realize Your Dreams Is Going To Be You. Not The World. You.

I Have A Pilot Called The Re-education Of Oliver Cooper Starring The White Kid From Project X Where Follows A Black Girl To A Black University, Like In Legally Blonde. I Have So Many Fun Projects.

Always Focus On Your Effort, Instead Of The Results Of That Effort.

Every Day We All Make Mistakes Ourselves, But, And We All Sometimes Have Some...harbor Some Prejudices And All, But We Have To Know In Our Heart It's Wrong. And We All Want To Remember That We Are Connected. And That Any Kind Of Racism Is Wrong.

Needing Nothing Really Is The Ultimate Goal. And To Have Nothing To Do With Things.

I'm A Full Disclosure Kind Of Person.

That Happens To Me Everyday. I Watch My Thoughts, Not Only On The Mat, But All Through The Day.

Compassion Is The Ultimate Expression Of Your Highest Self

No Matter Where You Want To Go, As Long As You Follow Your Path With Faith, Dedication And Hard Work, You Are Going To Get There.

If You Give A Good Thing To The World, Then Over Time Your Karma Will Be Good, And You'll Receive Good.

Whatever You Chase Will Run Away From You. So, Stop Chasing Success And Realize You Already Have It All.

You Need Black [people] Sometimes To Understand Things About Black Culture.

Judgment Of The People In The Situation Is Not Helpful. How Can You Help Them Is The Question.

A More Happy Mind Leads To Quietness And Clarity. And That Clarity Helps You Have A Greater Capacity To Do More And To Become More Successful And More Giving.

When You Do Good By The World, The World Will Do Good By You

I Think If You're Open-minded, The Road Will Take You Where It Takes You. If You're Closed, You Might Not Get To Go Where The Road Is Heading.

The Poets Who Do This Are Uniquely Conscious Of This Silence, This Stillness.

Young People, When They're Left Alone, Always Want To Have Compassion, And They Always Want To Give. They Always Want To Help People Who Are Less Fortunate.

I Don't Miss My Prayers And I Don't Miss My Yoga. Those Things Are Important To Me.

You Have To Live Your Life As If You Are Already Where You Want To Be.

Self Development

It Is Crucial That Rappers Have The Chance To Express The Truth That Is In Their Heart.

I'm Lucky That I Have A Platform That I Can Answer My Own Questions.

People Are Afraid Of Failure - They Don't Like To Work So Hard And Have People Keep Saying, 'no.' I Think That's What People Fear Most.

You Can't Jump To Vegan If You're Not. Some People Are Absolute. Some People Are Able To Be Gradual.

If You Are A Good Giver, You Will Be Great Getter. The Less You Need, The More You Attract.

The Person Who Understands Dharma Will Have The Opposite Reaction To A "hard" Job. That Person Will Be Eager To Get Started, No Matter What Kind Of Work Is In Front Of Her, Because She Understands That She's Doing God's Work. And When You're Working For God, Nothing Is Too Hard.

That Was Never My Intention To Compete With The Oscars.

The Seconds Of Presence Are Where Most Inspiration Comes. There Are Sunsets That Promote It.

Never Pass Up Any Opportunity To Share Your Gifts With The World.

The Politicians Already In Office Don't Want To Change. A Few Might Have It In Their Hearts To Change And To Start Working For The People, But Even Some Of The Most Progressive Politicians Are Silent Because They Know That The Candidate With The Most Money Wins.

My Wife Kimora Once Told Me While We Were Watching "the Texas Chainsaw Massacre" That It's A Vegetarian Movie Because The Way That The Woman Was Screaming, "aaaahhh," And Trying To Run Away Is How Every Animal You Eat Reacted At The Slaughterhouse.

It's Always Marketeers Building Their Own Careers.

It's All About The Work. Nothing Is Going To Fall Into Your Lap. If You Want To Be A Lawyer, See Yourself As A Lawyer, Go To The Library And Start Learning The Law. If You Want To Be A Rapper, Start Rapping And Get Out There. Live Your Life As If You Already Are Where You Want To Be.

The Most Aggressive Views Governing This Country Speak A Lot About Inclusion. We Still Have Some People In This Country Who Don't Really Get That We All Have The Same Agenda, Aspirations, Hopes, And Fears. I Want People To Be Free And To Be Able To Express Themselves, To Find The Best Ways To Say Things So That People Can Digest Them.

I Like To Move Towards A Place Where My Greatest Experience Is Promoting Happiness For Others. I Know That That Creates A Cycle Of The Same Great Experience.

Great Experiences

Hip-hop Took Some Lessons From Rock 'n' Roll, And Rock 'n' Roll Took Some Lessons From Hip-hop.

A Clear And Focused Mind Will Last A Lifetime. Getting Your Mind In Shape Is Nothing Less Than The Key To Sustainable Success In The World.

I Try To Do Things That I Think Are Helpful To The Environment, To The Animals, And To The Planet.

Cruelty Is Cruelty, Whether It's Cruelty To Children, To The Elderly, To Dogs And Cats, Or To Chickens.

I Would Like To Employ More People But I Don't Want To Empower My Charities At The Cost Of Exploiting People Or Doing Things That Are Not Useful, So I'm Working On That.

I Want To Do And I'm Giving All The Profits To Charity, Is To Teach People To Meditate. All It Takes Is A Little Bit Of Patience.

I Think I'm Less Afraid Of Failure Than Some Others.

Inspirational Running

Afraid Of Failure

86% Of Its Audience Was Made Up Of People Of Color. That Tells You That The Full Potential Of Many Black Stars Won't Be Realized Until Their Audiences Are Fully Integrated.

Well, It's The Last Step Of The Civil Rights Movement: You Know, Wrap Your Hands Around Some Money.

People Will Always Blame The Poets For Society's Ills. But These Are The True Artists.

I Don't Want To Wait For Hollywood To Decide That What I Do Is Good.

Be Encouraged. Stay On Your Hustle. You Can't Fail Until U Quit.

I'm Always Surrounded By Smart Talented People. I Had Talented Partners. Stan Latham For One. Talent Scouts.

I Think When You're Very Dedicated To Something And You're Engaged Fully, You Become A Giver.

I Think Hollywood Is Incredibly Segregated. I've Never Seen Any Place Like It.

I've Shared Meditation With A Lot Of Hip-hop Artists, Inmates, And Returning War Veterans With Ptsd, As Well. I Feel Like This Dharma, This Service Is Part Of My Job.

I Signed Jay-z Because He Was On Fire. I Wasn't A Genius. The Record Was Great. I Put It On The Nutty Professor Soundtrack And We Signed Him.

There Are No Failures, Only Quitters.

I Think The Artist's Job Throughout History Has Been To Tell - To Say Things That People Are Inspired By.

Give What You Want To Receive. If You Want Happiness, Make Others Happy.

Make Others Happy

Hip-hop Is Such A Wide Statement Of Culture That Everyone Is Not The Same, And It's Impossible To Put It Into One Box.

Fortunately, Hollywood Is Open To Change. It's Just A Question Of How To Go About Doing It.

If You Just Remember To Breathe And Smile Before You Act, You’ll Always Make The Right Decision.

Black Actors On The Road, Flying Around The Country Working As Poets. Those People Are Inspirations For Millions Of Kids Who Write.

Nothing Increases Happiness Like Quiet Time. The Truth Is, The Only Moments That Make You Laugh Or Happy Are Seconds Of Stillness.

An Animal Products Diet Is Like Smoking 20 Cigarettes A Day.

I Don't Want To Appease Everyone. It Seems Very Difficult To Be Steadfast On Truth And Be A Politician.

The Pain That's Created By Avoiding Hard Work Is Actually Much Worse Than Any Pain Created From The Actual Work Itself. Because If You Don't Begin To Work On Those Ideas That God Has Blessed You With, They Will Become Stagnant Inside Of You And Eventually Begin To Eat Away At You. You Might Seem Ok On The Outside, But Inside You Will Be Ill From Not Getting Those Ideas Out Of Your Heart And Into The World. Stalling Leads To Sickness. But Taking Steps, Even Baby Steps, Always Leads To Success.

There Are So Many Urban Pop Ideas That Are Underserved, And I Think Hollywood Doesn't See Us And Misses The Opportunity To Integrate.

Not Every Move You Make Has To Be A Great Leap

In My Experience, There's Only One Thing That Will Always Steer You Toward Success: That's To Have A Vision And To Stick With It... Once I Have A Vision For A New Venture, I'm Going To Ride That Vision Until The Wheels Come Off.

At The Core Of Everything That Is Hurtful To Humanity Is A Lack Of Consciousness.

I Was Literally Calling My Customers Who Were Complaining On Social Media And Having A Dialog With Them, And Sending Them Money.

The Greatest Tool To Eliminate The Noise Is Meditation.

Labels Cloud Our Vision And Distract Us From Seeing How Much We Have In Common With One Another.

You Just Have To Smile And Breathe. You Do The Best You Can With What You Have And That's It.

You Know, Sometimes People Never Get To Learn How Successful They Could Have Been Because They Give Up Too Easily. If I've Learned One Thing In All My Years In The Business, It's That Often Things Don't Work Out The Way You Want At First. But That Doesn't Mean You Should Give Up.

Learn To Let Your Thoughts Exist On Their Own Without Getting Too Involved In Them.

Poverty And Lack Of Knowledge Must Be Challenged.

Inspirational Running

I Live In Hip-hop. I Don't Find It To Be Offensive.

I Think It's Very Important. I've Gone Into Prisons To Meditate With Inmates. It's Something I Plan To Do With Tim Robbins Soon.

Whatever Obstacles Appear In Your Path, Put Your Head Down And Get Past Them. Those Obstacles Aren't Real. They're Just God's Way Of Testing You. He's Asking You, 'do You Want To Make It Or Not?'

I Think People Instinctively Know That Their Job Is To Give Service And That They Are Part Of A Community. It Had A Great Impact On Me When My Father Walked The Picket Lines And I Walked With Him During The Civil Rights Movement.

Don't Ruin A Good Today By Thinking Of A Bad Yesterday, Let It Go!

There's One Overriding Issue, Namely, That We Live In A Police State So Long As The Police Get To Police Themselves. And That Is Why Cops Go Unindicted.

Stay In Your Lane. If You're Good Enough, People Will Move To You.

I'm A Big Supporter Of President Obama.

President Obama

By Listening To Your Higher Self, Or Atman, You Can Return To The Truth That's Already Inside Of You And In The Process Change Not Only Yourself, But The Entire World, Through Positivity And Love.

Many Of My Biggest Business Endeavors Were Failures Before They Became A Success. Some Failed For As Long As Six Years Before They Hit. Everyone Around Me Thought I Was Crazy. You Just Have To Stay At It.

When I Started The Diamond Business, No Black Person, Period, Was In It To Do What We're Trying To Do To Change The Industry. So I Like To Do Things That I See Clearly That Are In My, You Know, Scope. And Then, I Had To Figure How I Get Talented Or Smart Business People Around Me To Execute. That's What I Have To Do.

Embrace Struggle... It Is Your Greatest Teacher.

You Have To Be Present, Awake And Happy Now.

Reacting To The World With A Smile Instead Of A Curse, A Wave Instead Of The Middle Finger, Will Actually Help You Live Longer.

Quiet Time Is The Key. We Have Hundreds Of Thousands Of Kids Around The Country Meditating Through The David Lynch Foundation.

As I Get, I Give. Giving As You Get Is Critical. It Has Everything To Do With Being Happy For Yourself, And Making Others Happy Is The Cause Of Making Yourself Happy, And It’s The Cycle Of Giving And Getting.

Inspirational Running

Happy Can Make You Money, But Money Can't Make You Happy.

I Couldn't Guarantee That Someone Could Get Off Their Medication. But I Suspect That Meditation Instead Of Ritalin Would Change The Life Of Any Kid With Add.

Guarantees That

I've Been Thinking A Lot About Gay Marriage. I'm A Big Supporter.

Good Givers Are Great Getters.

The Past Gives Great Examples Of What Can Happen In The Future. It's Always Important To Remember.

Your Purpose Is To Act On The Resources God Gives You. If God Gives You A Bucket Of Fish, You Have To Distribute Those Fish. If You Don't, They're Going To Rot, Attract A Bunch Of Flies, And Start Stinking Up Your Soul.

I Just Said Let's Get Some Poets On Tv. And When They Said That Sounded Unlikely, I Made It Worse. I Said, No Man, I Want To Put A Bunch Of Black Poets On Stage, Too. Some Latino Poets Who Barely Speak English And Asian Poets Who Can't Believe How Discriminated Against They Are. It Was Luck Nad Being In The Right Place. I Wasn't Saying Nothing Somebody Else Wasn't Saying But They Wouldn't Hear It From Them.

You Just Have To Pay Attention To What People Need And What Has Not Been Done.

The Key Ingredient To Any Kind Of Happiness Or Success Is To Never Give Less Than Your Best

American Democracy Is Spoiled By People Buying Everything In Sight And Then Selling And Buying Everything In Sight, Including Our Politicians.

You'll See A Lot Of Funny Stuff, You'll See A Lot Of Daddy Knows Best Stuff, You'll See A Lot Of Me And My Wife Trying To Hold The Family Together.

Gratefulness Is A Practice, Just Like Happiness Is A Choice.

Actresses Are Kind Of A Little Crazy.

The Soundtrack In The Poetry Is The Soundtrack From Your Own Heartbeat.

My Idea Is To Integrate Black Stars Into Mainstream Stars. It Hasn't Been Explored Properly. That's What Im Doing In Hollywood.

The World Belongs To The People Who Say, 'i Can'.

The Elected Officials Should Be Working For The Voters Who Elected Them. Money Corrupts The Process. Why Would You Be Giving A Candidate Money Unless You Expect Something In Return?

Gangsta Rappers, They Call Them. Not Nearly As Gangsta As The Things That Inspire Them.. You Know, A Gangsta Government That We Operate Under.

We Need To Hear Everyone. We Need Dialogue Between Police And The Community. They're Angry. They're Hurt. A Dialogue Can Cause A Shift In Consciousness In The Person If He's Understanding You And Listening.

The Difference Between Blues, Jazz, Rock N' Roll And Rap Is That Rap Stayed Poor. Even The White Rappers Are Poor. It's Scarier To Look At Poor People; It Makes Everyone Uncomfortable. Their Pain Is Something That People Would Like To See Swept Under The Rug.

I Don't Eat Anything That Runs Away From Me.

You Don't Expect A 94-year-old White Guy To Pick "dope," Which Was An Awesome Movie Not Even Close To Being Considered By The Academy. And That's What It's All About, Like, Promoting People Who Might Not Otherwise Get Promoted And Celebrating People Who Might Not Get Celebrated.

Never Change For The Mainstream—stay In Your Lane, And If You’re Talented And Resilient Enough The Mainstream Will Come To You.

The Conditions Of Suffering That Exist Today In Our Impoverished Communities Are Not Acceptable. The Reflection Of Those Conditions Are Less Concerning To Me. And I Work Everyday About Changing The Conditions.

They're Lacking Culture In Hollywood. That Gives Me A Big Up, Right? I Know Something About Pop Culture.

I Feel The Choices Our President Barack Obama Is Making Now Are Safer And Better.

I Can't Pay My [bills]. I Can't Go To Work. My Car Is Out Of Gas.

I Always Say Neediness Is The Cause Of Suffering. I'm Not The Only One Who Says It. It's Something I Adopted And I Believe.

There Is No Happiness Until The Mind Is Still. The Cause Of All Sickness And Sadness Is The Fluctuation Of The Mind.

I Want To Talk A Little Bit Abut Two Things: Clarity And Cloudiness. Both Of Them Quiet The Mind. One Quiets It, The Other Numbs It. Either Way, There's Less Thought, And The Less Thought, The More Happiness.

I Don't Eat Any Animals Or Anything That Has To Do With Animals. No Fish Or Egg Or Dairy Because I Personally Don't Feel It's A Good Practice To Eat Anything That Might Run Away From You.

Last Year My Wife Got A Rolls-royce.

Self-development Quotes On: Courage, Honesty Any Kind Of Lasting Success Is Rooted In Honesty.

I Used To Think Anxiety And Insomnia Drove Me To Success, But It Was The Stillness That Let Me Be Good At Anything. When You Extend The Seconds Of Stillness, That's When You're Able To Think And Learn.

Art Allows People A Way To Dream Their Way Out Of Their Struggle.

Needing Nothing Attracts Everything.

Law Of Attraction

America, You Know, They Always Separate People Because Of Race. They've Been Able To Convince, 'the Niggers Are Coming.' You Know, The Diversity That America Has Is So Special. It's Starting To Really Become A Cool Thing For Young People. Not Only Because There Are More Mixes Of People, But Because People Are More Open-minded About Each Other. So I Think In The Future, America Has A Great, Great Opportunity, And Mostly Because Of Hip-hop.

Meditation Can Reintroduce You To The Part That's Been Missing.

Sometimes, A New Toy, A New Technology, Will Focus You. The World Is Always Trying To Draw You Out, So You Always Have To Remember To Go In.

If You Want To Say Something Profound, Writing From Your Heartbeat Is Different Than Writing From The Loud Voices You Get From Music. If They're Rapping From Noise, It's About Robbing People. It's That Simple.

Those Who Need Nothing Attract Everything.

...if We Are Open And We Prepare For Promoting Dialogue And Love, And A Better Understanding Of Each Other, And Tolerance And So Forth, That's What The World Will Become, A More Tolerant, Loving Place.

Everyone's Goal Is To Be Happy. Happiness Is Achieved By Promoting Happiness To Others.

There Is A Subject - There Is A Research That Says A Man Thinks About Sex Every 12 Seconds. And So When An Artist Expresses Something That's Sexual In Music It Is A Reflection Of Our Reality. If We Want That Reality Changed, Then We Have To Do Things That Affect The Core.

I Know Some People Say "keep Your Eyes On The Prize," But I Disagree. When Your Eyes Are Stuck On The Prize, You're Going To Keep Stumbling And Crashing Into Things. If You Really Want To Get Ahead, You've Got To Keep Your Eyes Focused On The Path.

Unconscious Behavior Is At The Core. Think Of The 40 Billion Animals We Abuse And Eat Who Are Born Into Suffering. It's A Karmic Disaster.

You Know, I Love All Kinds Of Activism. I Certainly Think Blacks Deserve To Have Something Whether It Is Affirmative Action Or An Opportunity That Should Be Opened Up To Them. But At The Same Time I Believe That People Of Color Are Not The Only Poor People In America And All Over The World.

My Little Girls Are The Most Beautiful Women In The World. I Am A Lucky, Lucky Man. I Will Spend Every Day Making Sure That They Know This.

The Best Defense For Any Group Of People Is What We Do To Defend Other People.

The Emotional Attachment You Get With A Client Or The Music Fan Allows You Access To Do A Lot Of Things.

If You Talk About The Prison-industrial Complex, I've Fought Against The Prison-industrial Complex When I Called For A Repeal Of The Rockefeller Drug Laws. The Biggest Impediment To Get The Laws Changed Was The Lobbyists. Whether You're Talking About Healthcare, Jobs Going Overseas, Or Tax Reform, You're Always Coming Up Against Lobbyists.

Hip-hop Is About Tearing Down The System To Better It, Tearing Down The System To Better Themselves. No Matter How Flimsy It Might Seem, They Always Wanted The Finer Things In Life.

We Want The Government To Be Controlled By All The People, Not By The Richest 1%. That's Always Been The First Demand. That's A Simple Enough Message, And I Think It's Pretty Clear Now, Even Though Much Of The Media Has Been Disingenuous In Its Coverage. We Don't Want The Heads Of The Biggest Industries To Make All The Decisions, Because They're Not For The People. They're For The Corporations. Power To The People!

I Applaud What The Oscars Are Doing To Promote Diversity. I Think It's Great.

The Word Mantra Comes From Two Sanskrit Words Man, ("to Think") And Tra ("tool'). So The Literal Translation Is "a Tool Of Thought." And That's How Mantras Are Used In Buddhist And Hindu Practices, As Tools That Clear Your Mind Of Distractions. Because When You Focus On Repeating That Mantra Over And Over Again, Soon The Noise Will Die Down And All You Will Hear Is Your Inner Voice.

Service Is The Key To Everything In Life.

I Really, Really Try To Be A Good Servant. It Makes Me Happy When I'm A Good Giver Without Expectations.

Nowadays, If You're A Great Artist, You Don't Have To Leave The House, Which Is A Really Big Difference. You're Closer To The Artist. And The Artist Can Be Closer To Their Artistry Without Having To Always Worry About Branding Themselves Or Building Something Image-wise.

Sitting In Stillness Has Got To Be The Greatest Asset I Have In Terms Of Attaining Happiness.

Attaining Happiness

Coming Out Of My First Yoga Class, I Was Astonished That There Were Nothing But Hot Girls There. Just 55 Girls, Bobby Shriver, Who's A Buddy Of Mine, And Myself. I Came Out Of Class, I Was So High. I Been Sober 26 Years, But I'm An Ex-druggie.

I Think I Will Always Have A Connection To Young People, To Try To Bring Their Voices To The Polls, Bring Their Voices Wherever They Can Make A Difference. Even To Protect Their Own Interests Or The Interests Of The Planet Or The Animals Or Other Individuals, Which Is Critical. I Try To Keep It.

A Person's Strength Is To Know Their Weaknesses.

When The Mind Is Totally Still, There's Only Bliss. I Got A Piece Of That Reality From My First Yoga Class, From Smiling And Breathing In Every Difficult Pose. I Went, "oh My God! I'm Clear! I Love This!"

Decide That No Matter What Is Happening Around You, The Sun Will Always Be Shining In Your World.

Most Artists Are Making As Much Money Now As They Could Have Made... In The Heyday Of Def Jam [when The] Beastie Boys Would Sell 10 Million Records Or Dmx Would Sell 6 Or 7 Million Records. Those Records Are One Thing, But Then All The Other Ways To Exploit The Emotional Relationship Between Artist And Community Is So Much Greater That I Would Guess That They're Making As Much Or More Money Than They Could Have Ever Made.

You Have To Be Able To Say What People Are Thinking But Won't Say. It's Like Donald Trump.

You Don't Need A Record Deal. You'll Have The Industry Begging For You, When You Build Your Buzz.

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