I think what drove me insane for a long time is feeling like I hadn't earned most of what I achieved because it came so fast.

There are people who drove me crazy but they got the job done. And when I see that person again I nod my head. Respect.

I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another. In fact my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don't recognize faces so I'm sure it's what drove me to portraits in the first place.

To me the Seventies were very inspirational and very influential... With my whole persona as Snoop Dogg as a person as a rapper. I just love the Seventies style the way all the players dressed nice you know kept their hair looking good drove sharp cars and they talked real slick.

Those were the ideals that drove us to nationalization of the health service.

Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.

The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy.

I woke up one morning to find I was famous. I bought a white Rolls-Royce and drove down Sunset Boulevard wearing dark specs and a white suit waving like the Queen Mum.

My failure during the first five or six years of my art training to get set in the right direction and the disappointment which it caused me drove me the more persistently into writing as an alternative.

My dad was my first coach and drove me extremely hard from a very young age.