Quotes from Common

Doing acting opened up other creative outlets; it made me feel freer as an artist.

Man, if I get a chance to speak on the microphone, I've got to say something somewhere in there. You know, I'm going to laugh and have fun, too, but something has to be said that has some substance, because this is a platform, and the power that we have with words and with this microphone is phenomenal.

Now I'm on the rise, doin' business with my guys. Visions realize, music [your craft] affected lives. A gift from the skies, to be recognized, I'm keeping my eye on the people, that's the prize

Maybe I write because I've learned to show certain parts of my heart on the page that I still struggle to capture in speech.

Acknowledge who you are, then with resolution pursue your higher self, that ideal and perfect version of yourself, reflecting God's light, knowing that you will fail over and over again, but you pursue anyway. You live your life the best way you can, but the important thing is to live, and to do it with love.

Never looking back, or too far in front of me. The present is a gift, and I just wanna to be.

To love God, no matter the name, and no matter the religion, is to make a wholehearted reach toward the universal, to come to see for oneself that in spite of the lonely feelings we have as individual people, each of us can still stand on our own two feet, supported by a higher, deeper power.

i stay fresh like i'm wrapped in plastic.

I know your sick and tired of arguing But you can't keep it bottled in Jealousy, we got to swallow it Your heart and mind baby follow it Smile, happiness you could model it And when you feel opposite I just want you to know Your whole being is beautiful I'ma do the best I can do Cause I'm my best when I'm with you

I know enough to know, that I don't know much

Nevertheless, in love, the present matters. There is always an opportunity to learn and experience something new, to expose ourselves to wisdom by recognizing the humanity in others, to see through their eyes our one world; in this way, with love, we enter an empathetic space, as if it were a portal to a whole new world.

If you hang around with nine fools, then your sure to be the tenth.

It don't take a whole day to recognize sunshine

Love is reciprocal; it is an exchange of our vulnerabilities and our higher selves in the name of transformation.

The point is to make sure that your actions and your words have the right intentions behind them; to maintain the possibility and capacity to uplift, shift, and empower people, yourself included, to head in a better, positive direction

We obviously feel destiny and purpose and do what we do, but within that are ways to help others and to inspire others and to support and encourage people.

Education is what you get from reading the small print; experience is what you get from not reading it.