Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.

If others would think as hard as I did, then they would get similar results.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

Being acknowledged for your work is always a great accomplishment, whether it's people in my city, kids in the street, all the way up to the Grammys.

You can have the platinum album. But, you know, when you still feel like you haven't quite found your place in the world, it kind of gives a crazy offset.

Why should I expect to be exempt from censure; the unfailing lot of an elevated station? My Heart tells me it has been my unremitted aim to do the best circumstances would permit; yet, I may have been very often mistaken in my judgment of the means.