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.

The long and short of it is, we need more rigor in all kinds of programs.

Marriage is becoming sort of fake. It's almost like a handbag. Everybody wants the newest, greatest and latest. It becomes an event, and it's definitely a status symbol in our society. I'm not saying it shouldn't be; it absolutely should be - but you shouldn't be focusing on that.

The first time my father saw me in the flesh was on the stage, which is a bit weird. We went out to dinner, and he was charming and sweet, but I did all the talking.

The simple life on the farm was everything to me. Nothing was more relaxing after a long plane flight than to reach the winding driveway that led up to my house. The quiet of the night was more soothing than a sleeping pill.

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them -- a desire, a dream, a vision.

I think, for a long time, people thought I was a figment of Phil Spector's imagination because they knew The Crystals, they knew The Ronettes, they knew Bob B. Sox and the Blue Jeans, but had never had met Darlene Love.

But I think we're also just talking about the literacy of the audience. The visual literacy of the audience. They've seen so many images now, especially here in the States. There's so much to look at, to watch. So the visual storytelling literacy is harder to impress.

If your neighbors think you're a detective because a cop always brings you home, you might be a redneck.

Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.

It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe; but in all European literature short forms of poetry are to be found - indeed quite as short as anything in Japanese.

Some people are really good at packaging themselves, but that's not really me.

There's no more place in the euro zone for well-meaning laxness when dealing with deficits and failings. If the demands on Greece aren't taken seriously, we'll get stuck in quicksand. In the worst case, this would make it acceptable for one tranche to not be paid out. It is in the Greeks own interest not to test that.

The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world.

I started out in public service in 1998 after the Asian financial crisis of '97.

After God perfected the sunrise, he created photographers, artists, and poets to ensure his feat remained immortal.

Great habits sharpen our thoughts and make us great.

When someone stays with you and they're not your guest, even when they are your guest they get on your nerves. When people visit for long periods of time, that just happens.

It is the evening that questions thus from within me

We... our war began September the 3rd 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany, and thereafter the great state of danger in England at that time, with the bombings, necessitated the evacuation of children.

Hash browns are my favorite breakfast food.

I'm not going to raise taxes; I'm not going to have a wage increase for public employees.

Parents and children seldom act in concert each child endeavors to appropriate the esteem or fondness of the parents and the parents with yet less temptation betray each other to their children.

Every photograph is the photographer's opinion about something. It's how they feel about something: what they think is horrible, tragic, funny.

Understanding the long, sordid history of gun control in America is key to understanding the dangers of disarming.