"People can look to me as a teacher, but I consider myself a student of hip-hop."

"Health has always been an important thing to me. I exercise and try to take care of myself, and drink a lot of water! And I push that to my kids so that they can carry on that same energy."

"I've learned how to look at things and not judge them, but respect them and use it in a way that people understand that I respect them, show them love and respect their reality."

"Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change."

"We must remember that North Carolina is more than a collection of regions and people. We are one state, one people, one family, bound by a common concern for each other."

"If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher."

"LEONTINE. An only son, sir, might expect more indulgence. CROAKER. An only father, sir, might expect more obedience."

"My mother was one of seven girls whose parents went to bed hungry so their children wouldn't. My father lost his mother when he was nine. He left school and went to work for the next 70 years. They emigrated to America with little more than the hope of a better life."