It’s all about the work. Nothing is going to fall into your lap.
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.
My experiences have been, from the very beginning, cultural and creative. And my business has been a way of exposing the culture, exposing the artists so that the world could hear and see them.
I want to fight poverty and ignorance and give opportunity to those people who are locked out.
No matter what you’re doing, try to work at that task like it’s your dream job.
I’m not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and I want to help people see their community in each other.
Art allows people a way to dream their way out of their struggle.
If you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early. It’s a step process.
If you wake up deciding what you want to give versus what you’re going to get, you become a more successful person. In other words, if you want to make money, you have to help someone else make money.
It’s very simple: When you’re working your hardest, the world opens up to you.
The best way to protect both the policemen and the community going forward is by creating a system that’s just, where everyone feels safe.
Reacting to the world with a smile instead of a curse, a wave instead of the middle finger, will actually help you live longer.
I’ve been blessed to find people who are smarter than I am, and they help me to execute the vision I have.
Judgment of the people in the situation is not helpful. How can you help them is the question.
I think that’s what made rap such a stable footprint in culture, that it’s so honest.
We meditate so we can see miracles unfolding. Without stillness life is a blur.
Good givers are great getters.
Don’t worry what others are doing. Do you!
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.
Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.