Quotes About Connection

Barack Obama embraced hip-hop, man. That's the way he got through to kids.

Barcelona, of course, it is part of me.

Barcelona is my home. It's impossible to say that I wouldn't return.

Music affects people in a way that bare facts can't.

As a kid I was always barefoot, always outside and as an adult I always want to be outside.

I have barely seen my son since he came into the world. Even though I hear his voice on the phone almost every day, it is very tough to not be present while he is growing up.

Fans feel so close to us and can relate to us because not only do we look like the kids at our shows, we're in the crowd with the kids at our shows. We don't create this weird barrier like we're some crazy rock band.

Language is no longer a barrier for artistes.

Our shows are more fun when there aren't barriers.

Music is a language that should have no barriers.

But you base everything on people you know.

It's ridiculous to have to base your relationship on money.

I always write my music based on what is going on in my life at the time.

I don't look at this as a religious based thing. To me this is energy based.

I felt there was a lot of love in my house. And my mom was, you know, the basis of all that.

I do think it's very important, if you're going to spend the rest of your life with somebody, to know that you really like them. Because when the pheromones wear off, which of course they will, you have to have a strong basis.

When you hold a baby in your arms, you don't want to put it in a basket right away. You want to keep the baby close.

Spend time with your family and try to spend time doing things that you enjoy doing other than basketball.

My kids know who I am on the basketball court, but at the end of the day, it doesn't matter about the basketball. I am their dad, and that is all that matters.

If I didn't do 'Batman,' 'Birdman' wouldn't have happened.

I want people to go deep into my music like Baton Rouge does.

If you get a chance to play with great players, that's half the battle.

I love the Bay. I was there for four years.

The Bay area made me who I am, and it only felt right to go back there.