D. Swain aint never dwell on shitSo why would he start now?The perfect — Danny!

"You mad at the last album, I apologize for itYo, I cant call it, man muhfuckin Wyclef spoiled it"

"[Relationships] never seem to work out, I mean it gets to the point where I have to be extremely cautious. You have to understand, this stardom thing is still new to me, I dont even consider myself "famous". Its 2008: if you have a blog, a mixtape and two pairs of skinny jeans you, too, can be famous."

"Two roads diverged in a wood, I took the one less travelledIm patient so thats one less hassleIf I dream it, I can live itIve seen the light with vivid imageryI need to write with fits of energyBut its hard tryin to get where Im goinWithout a hint or an omenIts too late to turn aroundPerseverance, gotta learn it nowBut Im stubborn howAm I supposed to survive this rollercoaster hurtlin to the ground?"

"But she just stood there, scared that I might snapI looked in her eyes and there were years of disappointment starin right backAnd I was scared too, scared of what she would sayBut I was embarassed like I, like I sat through three Madea playsBefore she walked away, Misery stoppedAnd she said look at your music career, youre in the same spotNah, I said, dont even try meBecause you used to stand beside meBut I moved so far ahead youre ninety feet behind me"

"I rarely get mentioned in the same category as these other guys who have come out after me...[b]ut maybe I’m not that, maybe I’m not an Internet rapper."

"So one time for my disillusioned artists, I hear yaTwo times for the kid that air-guitars in the mirrorThree times for the 9-to-5-in bus ridin dudesAnd four times for my dreamers, yo Im just like youThats why I sing for my queens with their own pair of wingsMy brothers flyin beside me, drama behind meMama tried to find me, she inquired emphaticallyI was in the sky with all these other ghetto kids, defying gravity, uh"

"In the life of the mass-order, the culture of the generality tends to conform to the demands of the average human being. Spirituality decays through being diffused among the masses when knowledge is impoverished in every possible way by rationalisation until it becomes accessible to the crude understanding of all."

"I say this to you because we Spaniards are a forgetful people, because we are used to living for the moment, because we do not look back, because we do not know how to see the chain of heroes, because we do not contemplate the sum of sacrifices."

"Sharon Tate was my best friend. Once, we were roommates. She introduced me to my husband. She was the godmother to my baby daughter who is named for her. In the six years time that I knew her, she never said an unkind word about anyone."

"Long time to see. (VS: Tapion)"

"Most mathematicians prove what they can, von Neumann proves what he wants." Once in a discussion about the rapid growth of mathematics in modern times, von Neumann was heard to remark that whereas thirty years ago a mathematician could grasp all of mathematics, that is impossible today. Someone asked him: "What percentage of all mathematics might a person aspire to understand today?" Von Neumann went into one of his five-second thinking trances, and said: "About 28 percent."

"Children must be free to think in all directions irrespective of the peculiar ideas of parents who often seal their childrens minds with preconceived prejudices and false concepts of past generations. Unless we are very careful, very careful indeed, and very conscientious, there is still great danger that our children may turn out to be the same kind of people we are."