The record Clef and I did was just sitting there. So I said, Clef, I got a record, hit a verse on it. He just went in, messed around and ended up doing the hook too.

When I was leaving I kind of felt a little bit sad, because I made some friends down in skid row.

I'm confident being at Universal, which is a great home for me, 'cause they understand what I'm trying to do.

I really can't blame anyone but myself, because I didn't have to deliver the album. But when you get caught up in the gas, and you're young, and there's so much helium going on around you, you can't decipher the real end.

In life we try to grow and better ourselves. As an artist, I feel like I've grown tremendously.

The record Clef and I did was just sitting there. So I said, Clef, I got a record, hit a verse on it. He just went in, messed around and ended up doing the hook too.

A couple of people thought I looked familiar, but it was like, No.

Seven out of 10 Americans are one paycheck away from being homeless.

People in the record business would say, Well, Pras, you know, you haven't been out in a while, maybe you should get today's hottest producer or rapper to do something.

I didn't want to do the whole, get the hottest person thing. I wanted to make sure every record felt right.

I'm one of those firm believers that good music will prevail.

For this album I was determined to do it my way. Take my time. I'm gonna win, lose or draw on my own.

There's a harsh reality - nothing lasts forever. You have to be ready to grow, and grow fast.

When we came up with titles like Ready or Not, that's how we really felt.

Theres a harsh reality nothing lasts forever. You have to be ready to grow and grow fast.

Building technical systems involves a lot of hard work and specialized knowledge: languages and protocols, coding and debugging, testing and refactoring.

The bodies lay on the ground like damaged goods from a warehouse.

First of all, I'm so glad that the city of Houston has a football team again. They have such great fans. I'm really happy for the people of Houston because they deserve a football team.

It's not just politicians. Any spokesman for a vested interest is well schooled in how to say what it is they wish to say, which may bear no relation at all to what you've asked them.

When I finished Westlife, we had - Louie Walsh is still managing me - I was lucky to have options from different labels such as Sony and Universal. When we met Capitol and Nick Raphael, I just believed in them the most, and it looked like they believed in me the most.

If I had been a member of the academic establishment, I could have done other experiments.

I write the songs and hand it over to the world and see what happens. But the things that I've written for people that have been hits, I don't know that I would have directed them in the right path, but they definitely wound up on the right path.

In self-defense and in defense of the innocent, cowardice is the only sin.

Art is not the possession of the few who are recognized writers, painters, musicians; it is the authentic expression of any and all individuality.

Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.

I sit down and draw from my lyric book. I sit down and start looking through it and see if there is anything that strikes me that I've written.

It's no use saying, "We are doing our best." You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

Whenever I'd go to restaurants, the main chef came out and was cooking for me, and he's asking me how the food is. I get, like, VIP service, so it's weird.

Music is my religion.

If I were the president of the United States, I would make unions illegal. They no longer serve a functional purpose in democracy, in my view.

Life is too short, and I'm Italian. I'd much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.

I would love to do films. It's just the way things happened for me - I ended up doing a lot of TV.

Einstein wrestled with a problem back before we even knew the universe was expanding, and he was looking for a way to keep the universe from collapsing. And so he discovered, in his theory of gravity, something like this dark energy - he called it a cosmological constant - could play this role, pushing things away.

I enjoy being Jewish, but I'm an atheist... I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Catholics, Baptists, I think they are all potty and capable of destroying the world.

I moved frequently because my dad was in the army, so I was always new in school. I think if you've ever done that, you know what it means to not matter in a room. I think it's a good experience for everyone to have, to feel like they're not noticed, because it teaches you to be empathetic.

I'm a huge Lady GaGa fan - she makes the world a more incredible place.

Oh, I so don't care about the podium at the Oscars. I've stood at the podium at the Oscars and that's close enough. To be a presenter is as close as I need to be.

It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God alone.

Government shouldn't try to dictate what art looks like or what it portrays. Last thing we want is government screwing it up, which is what they would do.