I'm convinced I got signed because of who I am. And it makes me sad.

Somebody asked me what I wanted to do. I just said I wanted to…just to give back to it what it’s given me. And to meet all the other people that are doing it…just to be in the world, really.

I just want to have a completely adventurous, passionate, weird life.

I have no advice for anybody; except to, you know, be awake enough to see where you are at any given time, and how that is beautiful, and has poetry inside. Even places you hate.

If you feel blocked, do not turn to others, but look inside, in silence, for the enemy of your progress.

love is not a victory march, it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah.

I love anything that haunts me...and never leaves

Love, anger, depression, joy and dreams. ...And Zeppelin. Totally.

When all of this music sounds like you know what you want to say, then it will have been of all worth, ever. You will be something complete unto yourself, present and unique.

There's the moon asking to stay long enough for the clouds to fly me away

Too young to hold on and too old to just break free and run

If this society ascribes roles to Black men which they are not allowed to fulfill, is it Black women who must bend and alter our lives to compensate, or is it society that needs changing?

To feel sorry for the needy is not the mark of a Christian-to help them is.

personally I don't trust literature that soothes people's consciences.

A gentleman is one who doesn't and can't forgive himself for self-committed mistake even if others forget it and the self-criticism is a mark of his right attitude towards life.

That man has missed something who has never left a brothel at sunrise feeling like throwing himself into the river out of pure disgust.

God expects you not simply to face the future; He expects you to embrace and shape the future--to love it and rejoice in it and delight in your opportunities.

Big money encourages tanking. In my opinion, tanking is going on even with a lot of the top guys today - it's quite evident.

The internet is necessarily public. It can be filtered-public or censored-public, but it necessarily has to be open and available.

There are only two forces that can carry light to all the corners of the globe... the sun in the heavens and the Associated Press down here.

All the uglinesses of the world can best be forgotten in the beauty of nature!