Rap music's been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are but the music isn't.
When deeds speak words are nothing.
If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character the whole impression of him becomes broken and painful he revolts the imagination by his lack of unity and even the good in him is hardly accepted.
In the world of words the imagination is one of the forces of nature.
Prior to Wordsworth humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean they don't call them Shakespeare comedies for nothing.
In the 'Hurt Locker' there's a lot of me in there a sense of humor a man of few words and a lot of action.
Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal or in other words a meddling government a government which tells them what to read and say and eat and drink and wear.
Puns are a form of humor with words.
I tried to use words that were dealing with the emotional quality that any human being could recognize in the way that they felt about their country. It's to do with the world we live in. That world is a brutal one and full of war. It's also full of many wonderful things and love and hope.
I love being able to sing for my job. I am blessed beyond words and I hope my fans can feel that while I'm on stage!