"President Obama is a utopian at heart. He wants to improve the lives of the downtrodden, which is a good thing. But, he doesn't understand that damaging the free marketplace in pursuit of 'social justice' will eventually harm those whom he wants to help. The nation's crushing debt is a tsunami brewing off shore."

"Texting is addicting. Once you get emotionally involved with constant outside stimulation assaulting your brain, it is hard to stop looking at your machine every two minutes. Without rapid fire words appearing on a screen, you feel bored, not part of the action."

"As a former high school teacher and a student in a class of 60 urchins at St. Brigid's grammar school, I know that education is all about discipline and motivation. Disadvantaged students need extra attention, a stable school environment, and enough teacher creativity to stimulate their imaginations. Those things are not expensive."

"Yeah, I'm obnoxious, yeah, I cut people off, yeah, I'm rude. You know why? Because you're busy."

"With the super duper flow, I created that one word rhyme style."

"Yeah, I record on voice memos. I got like 1,000-something memos. If I'm in the middle of something and I can't get it done, I'll jot it down, but I never write a rap out, ever."

"For me, personally, Detroit is a melting pot for everything. We get the best from the East Coast, West Coast and down South."

"I never look at it like I'm wasting money when I'm buying gold."

"I'm really vulnerable onstage because it's just me. I'm not really trying to put up a front or act a certain way."

"When I graduated from high school, the teacher said I was throwing my life away following music, and the same teacher invited me back to speak at the school. I don't say that to brag, I just want to be an example."

"I hate all the old pictures of me before 2010 - and they are always the first ones to come up. That's why I don't Google myself, man."

"It's a real player move to take a girl wine-tasting on a date - she'll like that."

"I feel I can really relate to a lot of young people."

"People who tend to listen to my music have come back and said, 'Yo, this is my anthem. This is what I live by.'"

"When I'm home, I cook my own dinner, all organic."

"I feel like when you're a celebrity, people dehumanize you and they forget you're a real person."

"I'm a Detroit player, they set styles."

"Power means happiness; power means hard work and sacrifice."

"When you love and accept yourself, when you know who really cares about you, and when you learn from your mistakes, then you stop caring about what people who don't know you think."

"I think it's healthy for a person to be nervous. It means you care - that you work hard and want to give a great performance. You just have to channel that nervous energy into the show."

"We all have special numbers in our lives, and 4 is that for me. It's the day I was born. My mother's birthday, and a lot of my friends' birthdays, are on the fourth; April 4 is my wedding date."

"I always treat myself to one meal on Sundays when I can have whatever I want. Usually it's pizza, which is my favorite indulgence."

"We all have our imperfections. But I'm human, and you know, it's important to concentrate on other qualities besides outer beauty."

"Whenever I'm confused about something, I ask God to reveal the answers to my questions, and he does."