“I remember when I was 11, I told my mom, 'One day I'm going to buy you a house.' And she said, 'Boy, don't you be making promises you can't keep.' I was like: 'No, Ma, it's not a promise. I'm going to buy you a house one day.'”
Mom
“I don't like politics.”
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“My mom's discipline worked out perfectly. I wouldn't change a thing.”
Mom“If you live in a good neighborhood, you drive home and there's a bank. There's grocery stores and big houses - but no motels. What that tells you psychologically is you protect your money and buy good things for your family to eat in your nice big house.”
Family“Most of these people who are celebrities now don't do anything to deserve it, so by that fact alone, I don't want to be one.”
Alone“Philanthropy is the thing that I am really excited about, and having success means I can do more.”
Success“There's an entry point to any relationship.”
Relationship“If you would ask my mom what books I liked growing up, I liked Dr. Seuss.”
Mom“As we develop and get quicker with technology in America, it's like we're downgrading if you look at the investment in education... that's the thing that worries me.”
Education“Disco is the first technology music. And what I mean is that 'disco' music is named after discs, because when technology grew to where they didn't need a band in the clubs, the DJ played it on a disc.”
Technology“My mom's never been married. I've never even seen my mom kiss a dude.”
Mom“We have no control over the outcome of anything. Like the planet and global warming, we don't control that. If politicians want a war we don't control that. Acts of terrorism, we can't control them.”
War“I was born and raised in East Los Angeles by a single mom who had three biological kids and adopted four more. I never met my dad.”
Dad“Politics are about preserving relationships at the end of the day, and it has nothing to do with the greater good for humanity. It's just all about business.”
Business“If Apple's a technology company in the music industry, why can't somebody in the music industry make technology?”
Technology“If you live in a ghetto and really want not to just change your life and your family's life but change your ghetto's life, make your ghetto a good neighbourhood, learn science try to be like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.”
Family“If you really want change, you really want it to be inclusive, where everyone's included, otherwise you're just going to have more of the same in the future.”
Future“Not many people give you a vision of what the future will bring.”
Future“I don't like politics.”
Politics“We all rely on technology to communicate, to survive, to do our banking, to shop, to get informed, but none of us knows how to read and write the code.”
Technology“I like all the families in the U.K. But what I like about the idea of the royal family is... they seem like they're well educated and there's something admirable about them. And the Queen... she reminds me of my grandma.”
Family