I was one of the first three black students to go to an all-white school in Tennessee.

The first revolution is when you change your mind

Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom - and lakes die.

Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something.

America .. the international Jekyll and Hyde ... the land of a thousand disguises, sneaks up on you but rarely surprises

If someone comes to you and asks for help, and you can help them, you're supposed to help them. Why wouldn't you? You have been put in the position somehow to be able to help this person.

The way you get to know yourself is by the expressions on other people's faces, because that's the only thing that you can see, unless you carry a mirror about.

Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am.

The revolution will be no re-run brothers, The revolution will be live.

I don't mind being criticized. I enjoy being criticized personally, not by rumor.

A good poet feels what his community feels. Like if you stub your toe, the rest of your body hurts.

You yourself could be nothing more than a shadow, someone else’s dream who is, themselves, someone else’s.

Maturity: knowing where you're crazy, trying to warn others of the fact and striving to keep yourself under control.

Do not wait for an opportunity to be all that you want to be.

Pride, like laudanum and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large, quantities. No man who is not pleased with himself, even in a personal sense, can please others.

I have been accused of sleeping with people, I hadn't met yet.

In the good mystery there is nothing wasted, no sentence, no word that is not significant.

A girl's legs are her best friends...but even the best of friends must part.

It's sensational to be a part of a series that takes on a life of its own.

Live among others as if God beheld you; speak to God as if others were listening.

Naturally we need black men to give this movie serious credibility.