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" But for me to have the opportunity to stand in front of a bunch of executives and present myself, I had to hustle in my own way. I can't tell you how frustrating it was that they didn't get that. No joke - I'd leave meetings crying all the time. "

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" I'm really bad with answering questions. Usually, I don't even answer them. I try to find inspiration inside of the question. I think, and I jump from one beam of inspiration or energy to the next, as opposed to explaining the energy. "

" Fashion breaks my heart. "

" My message isn't perfectly defined. I have, as a human being, fallen to peer pressure. "

" I didn't know the term 'synesthesia' until I was working on 'Cruel Summer.' Halfway into writing that, I really understood that, my entire life, I had been trying to describe this condition of mine: through painting, through this seven-screen Surround Vision film we shot in Qatar, through all these things. "

" If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world. "

" My doorman is more important to me than any head of any company. He keeps us safe. "

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" It's funny because I've made a living off of words, but words get in the way of what you really want to say. "

" I can analyze people's intentions. Immediately. That's just a warning. To everyone. "

" This dark diction has become America's addiction. "

" I just want people to be the best thems and live the happiest lives possible. "

" George Bush doesn't care about black people. "

" Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it? "

" All these walls that keep us from loving each other as one family or one race - racism, religion, where we grew up, whatever, class, socioeconomic - what makes us be so selfish and prideful, what keeps us from wanting to help the next man, what makes us be so focused on a personal legacy as opposed to the entire legacy of a race. "

" I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying. "

" There's a lack of people in power that are motivated by the idea of helping people. "

" Nobody can tell me where I can and can't go. "

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" People always tell you, 'Be humble. Be humble.' When was the last time someone told you to be amazing? Be great! Be great! Be awesome! Be awesome! "

" Our work is never over. "

" I am not a fan of books. "

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" We came into a broken world. And we're the cleanup crew. "

" Here's something that's contrary to popular belief: I actually don't like thinking. I think people think I like to think a lot. And I don't. I do not like to think at all. "

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" I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever. "

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" Art is to be free. Design is to fix. "

" The dinosaurs aren't remembered for much more than their bones. When humanity's gone, what do we give to this little planet that we're on, and what could we do collectively, removing the pride? "

" The risk for me would be in not taking one - that's the only thing that's really risky for me. "

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" I know how to swim through backlash. I can tread water through backlash... If anything, that's all giving me power. "

" If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed. "

" I think I do myself a disservice by comparing myself to Steve Jobs and Walt Disney and human beings that we've seen before. It should be more like Willy Wonka... and welcome to my chocolate factory. "