My goal is just to be respected as a man when I walk down the street with my family. I don't care what your job is, you're not gonna talk down to me, you're not gonna try to get a rise out of me. I'm a man first. And in establishing that, some interesting things have happened.

In today's world, having money has allowed people who are extremely uncool to think that they're cool and carry it like that. People who really are cool and people who really are artists and have ideas have to literally turn in their cool card to society just to make it past the age of 28.

Black people can be the most conservative, the most discriminating. Especially among ourselves. It wasn't white people who said all black men have to wear baggy jeans.

I'm pretty calculating. I take stuff that I know appeals to people's bad sides and match it up with stuff that appeals to their good sides.

I really appreciate the moments that I was able to win rap album of the year or whatever.

Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.

I wouldn't say that anyone in fashion is on my side. I don't think there's anyone on my side.

I think business has to be stupider. I want to do really straightforward, stupid business - just talk to me like a 4-year-old. And I refuse to negotiate. I do not negotiate. I can collaborate. But I'm an artist, so as soon as you negotiate, you're being compromised.

In Paris, you're as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles.

My doorman is more important to me than any head of any company. He keeps us safe.

People have me pinned as a shark or a predator in some way, and in no way am I that. I wouldn't want to hurt anyone. I want to defend people. I want to help people.

I dislike the concept of 'chic' being the highest compliment for a human being. I'd rather someone be nice than to be chic.

If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world.

The concept of Kimye has more cultural significance than what Page Six could write.

Madonna, I think, is the greatest visual musical artist that we've ever had. If you look at her photo log, the photographers that she was able to work with throughout her career framed her in the proper way. It was the proper context. It was that visual that made sure that everything was gonna cut through in a certain way.

My favorite record label of all time is Motown. That era of music was my favorite.

Blacks, especially in America, have been raised with a slave mentality - they don't feel that they have the right to speak as loud as possible.

I just want people to be the best thems and live the happiest lives possible.

If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food.

Do I worry about being in the public eye and raising kids? Yeah. Any situation you're in, you're gonna worry about raising kids. But it's champagne problems, too. There are people who can't feed their kids.

The concept of commercialism in the fashion and art world is looked down upon. You know, just to think, 'What amount of creativity does it take to make something that masses of people like?' And, 'How does creativity apply across the board?'

I'm here to fight for the re-education of what celebrity is: to say, 'Yes, we are celebrities, but yes, we're also innovators. We're also inventors. We're also thoughtful.'

I love being American, and I love family. I love having a family, and I feel so blessed, and I feel like God gave me exactly what I wanted, so now I have to do the right thing in God's eyes also. Just follow what God wants me to do.

I can always tell if a band has a British rhythm section due to the gritty production.

It was a strike against me that I didn't wear baggy jeans and jerseys and that I never hustled, never sold drugs.

I'm a trained fine artist. I went to art school from the time I was 5 years old. I was, like, a prodigy out of Chicago. I'd been in national competitions from the age of 14.

I have only one sister, Asha Nanda, and she lives in Maharani Bagh.

I am a lawyer by profession.

The genesis of Public Interest Litigation in listening to the voice of the voiceless and giving access to the poor, the marginalised, and the weak is a unique experiment to be lauded.

Nationalism and anti-nationalism is a matter of perception. You cannot mandate who is a nationalist and what is not.

Humility is an attribute of every good Hindu.

Internet governance is an oxymoron. The Internet must govern itself. But you can't play cricket without any rules.

It would be a matter of concern for government if intrusive data capture has been deployed against Indian citizens or government infrastructure.

Judges decide upon copyright law. They decide upon trademark law. They decide upon scientific issues. They decide upon very complex technical issues on a daily basis. So you must have confidence in the Supreme Court, that they will apply their mind and they will come out with a decision consistent with the Constitution.

Just as judges have enormous stake in the appointment of judicial officers in the higher judiciary, the government has an equal stake. Since both of us have stakes in the appointment of members of the higher judiciary, the consultation of both of them is absolutely necessary. The government must have a say.

I think poetry is a fabulous medium to encapsulate thoughts far more precisely than prose.

If you employ an army, have money, bombard cyberspace with misinformation, innocent people tend to buy it.

I have never applied for a share in Tehelka.

If two people cannot live together, both should have the right to opt out of the marriage. In an ideal world, that would be an acceptable solution.

To fix India's healthcare scenario, what is most needed is 'systems thinking.' For far too long, India has followed a vertical approach in its health sector, which translated into disease-specific national programmes being set up.

I personally believe technology can transform the functioning of the judicial system.

The government must adopt a rights-based approach that speaks to the needs and aspirations of surrogate mothers, children born out of surrogacy, and all individuals who want access to altruistic surrogacy services.

Normally, the law of nature is such that one who rises falls, and one who rises quickly falls as quickly. I don't know how the law of nature will work as far as Modi is concerned. But some time or the other, all bubbles burst. This bubble will also burst.

The DNA of a true Hindu is liberal. We are, by essence, liberal.

A single element in transactional mode can never be analysed to calculate either loss or presumptive loss. The losses or gains of all elements in the transaction need to be analysed.

To the youth who have taken up guns, I urge them to return to their parents and shun violence.

Cleanliness is a good thing, which the society should embrace. But it has nothing to do with Modi, nor can he implement it.

Corruption is everywhere. It's not just in the Congress. Corruption is not just your prerogative or mine.

How do you trust a government whose people are proved to be untrustworthy?

When I took over the ministry for science and technology, our weather systems were in shambles. Nobody believed in the IMD. Nothing was in digital mode. I changed all that. We got automatic rain gauges, automatic weather stations, Doppler radars.