His hustle was wrong, his mind was his own, but the man lived alone, oh, Superfly.

Educated fools; from uneducated schools.

Move on up towards your destination

Remember your dream is your only scheme, so keep on pushing.

Our purpose is to educate as well as to entertain.

Maybe the words that I say is just another way to pray.

The hunt is on and brother you're the prey.

Sisters, brothers and the whities, Blacks and the crackers, Police and their backers, They're all political actors

Don't worry, if there is a hell below, we're all going to go.

If there's hell below, we're all gonna go.

....Charles laughingly observed, 'Gospel and the blues are really, if you break it down, almost the same thing. It's just a question of whether you're talkin' about a woman or God.

Every action in the present prepare us for the future.

Why is it that so many people think all the answers are in their wallet?

In a discreet man's mouth, a public thing is private.

We were taking collections for people with AIDS in New York around Easter.

I don't take anything too seriously. If I do, I realize pretty quickly that's why I'm uncomfortable.

I am not optimistic, but I've never been optimistic about humankind or America. The evidence never looks good in terms of forces for good actually becoming prominent.

Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?

It is quite easy for stupid people to be happy; they believe in fables, and they trot on in a beaten track like a horse on a tramway.

Socially, I like the idea of sitting in a theater with a bunch of people.

To kill time is not murder, it's suicide.