Legislation won't necessarily start a riot. But the right song can make someone pick up a chair.

Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to elevate consciousness.

I think that the heart is a lot like those wonderful fruit, like coconut and mangoes, you know, you have to break the skin, you have to break it open to get to the good part.

she stuck a bookmark in my heart and walked away

If we're gonna progress as a people we are going to realise that, as one of my favourite poets says, the other is a lie. There are no other people. Race is a social construct.

Sometimes our thoughts and feelings are our most prized possessions... and then there are times to let go of your possessions and wander.

I surrendered my beliefs and found myself at the tree of life injecting my story into the veins of leaves only to find that stories like forests are subject to seasons

There is nothing more negligent than attempting to address a problem one finds on a branch than by censoring the leaves.

I think that good writing is based on good reading. Maybe it's not about writing today, maybe it's about reading today. Maybe it's about finding the sort of book you would never read.

I dance for no reason, for reasons you can't dance, Call me an activist of intellectualized circumstance You can't learn my steps until you unlearn your thoughts Spirit, soul, can't be store-bought.

My love is my soul's imagination. How do I love you? Imagine.

Silence is very dangerous, especially when your words can be the only source of healing at a moment.

Measure your life not by the dimension of your bank account but by the expansion of your kindness and love.

I want to continue to do music and stay on the stage because I love the stage. And I want to continue to write songs.

Media companies, under the guise of piracy, are asking congress to give them more control over fair use. Hollywood wants to control innovation.

Always remember that however good you may be, the game is your master.

Open afresh your rounds of starry folds, Ye ardent Marigolds.

Blame it on Peer Pressure.

We like annoying people. It's a Manchester thing. It's a trait. We just like pissing people off.

Music is the tonal analogue of emotive life.