One thing I have throughout my career, it felt like I did my best to align myself with quality artists, quality work, and it is a situation of steel sharpening steel. Common alignartistcareer Change image and share on social
Me as an artist, I've ventured off into doing all types of music. I'll do a jazz album, you know what I mean. Common albumartisthave Change image and share on social
Doing acting opened up other creative outlets; it made me feel freer as an artist. Common actartistcreative Change image and share on social
Movies and media really can influence us. A few years ago, my daughter wanted to be a dancer; since Obama came into office, she now wants to be a lawyer and get into politics and maybe even be president. Common agodancerdaughter share on social
People that I care about, that I consider being friends of mine, most of the things I discuss with them I wouldn't discuss in public because it's a real relationship. It's not a relationship for the public, you know? Common carediscussfriend share on social
My mom has obviously had a powerful influence on my life, and her voice can describe certain things that I couldn't see in myself. Common describeinfluencelife Change image and share on social
I come from playing sports. I compete, so I gotta be better than I was last year. I gotta get better, and that better gotta come from just growing. From learning new stuff to working on it, experience it in life, and failing. Common competeexperiencefail share on social
What America was built on was being able to say, 'Hey, we're going to come in and use our resources to build for ourselves and our communities and build around that. We're not going to depend on others.' Common americabuildcommunity share on social
You have to be sincere in your feelings. And fear is one of those, sometimes; doubt is one of those; jealousy, anger - all your emotions are not going to be considered the strong emotions; all of them are not going to be love, happiness, joy. Common angerconsiderdoubt share on social
One thing I always loved about hip-hop music was the raw, boom-bap element - it felt powerful and manly. Common bapboomelement Change image and share on social
