“Jealousy is a waste of energy...focus on what I have, not what I don't.”

“Ready or not, I peer into your soul and dive deep... Your eyes don't like what I see. You don't want to be me. So you curse and smash the mirror which gets you what? A bit of blood , a handful of glass splinters, another source of pain.”

“I'm an artist...The difference is that I don't tell anybody. I refuse to give them new reasons to laugh at me.”

“You have to take people one at a time, check out what's in their head and heart before you judge.”

“So don't tell me that I can't fit in. My heart beats like a talking drum.”

“Choose whatever box you like, Mike. Just don't put me in one, son. Believe me, I won't fit.”

“You laugh, rap my woody shell with wicked whispers shaped like knuckles, then toss me aside. Lucky for me, I don't bruise easily. Besides, you loss is someone else's gain for I am coconut, and the heart of me is sweeter than you know.”