So when you enjoy the beats, the rock music - maybe even toned down with an orchestra - you are enjoying the spirit of the black race. And that's what I emphasize to the students.

So Ham's wife that was preserved on the Ark was a Negro of the seed of Cain and there was a priestly purpose in it, that the Devil would have a representation as well as God.

It was necessary that the Devil should have a representation upon the Earth, as well as God.

If the world knew what I was doing, they would hang me from the highest tree.

Readiness is a student’s entry point relative to a particular understanding or skill.

The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it

Music is what feelings sound like out loud.

Debt means you had more fun than you were supposed to.

The conversation of two people remembering, if the memory is enjoyable to both, rocks on like music or lovemaking. There is a rhythm and a predictability to it that each anticipates and relishes.

Don't we introduce time as a means of becoming more evolved? The brain has evolved but is there evolution inwardly? Can the brain dominated by time not be subservient to it?

I do think I paid a price as an artist, and I am trying to make up for it now - I work six days a week in the studio, and I've never been happier.

When I was a child, I went to stage school three times a week in the evenings - singing, ballet, tap, modern and acting, and I loved it.

You're in the arms of the Angels; may you find some comfort here.