the only way I have even made it to this age is because I chose to learn and grow from my limitations. - Quincy Jones

The tragedy of Tupac is that his untimely passing is representative of too many young black men in this country....If we had lost Oprah Winfrey at 25, we would have lost a relatively unknown, local market TV anchorwoman. If we had lost Malcolm X at 25, we would have lost a hustler named Detroit Red. And if I had left the world at 25, we would have lost a big-band trumpet player and aspiring composer — just a sliver of my eventual life potential.

Your music can never be more or less than you are as a human being.

Learn to deal with the valleys, the hills will take care of themselves.