Some day I'm gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.

Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.

It's not the note you play that's the wrong note - it's the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.

If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I'd spend it choking a white man. I'd do it nice and slow.

It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.

In music, silence is more important than sound.

I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life.

Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery

Do not fear mistakes. There are none.

Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.

If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can't be trusted.

The legacy left by man shall be barren earth

Like the waves in the ocean, life changes every moment.

One needn't stop dysfunction just evince and reflect.

The fault is not in our stars, " I whispered to the ceiling. "But in ourselves. This was my choice.

They may have forgotten how badly they treated you, or they may pretend that they have forgotten. But watch: They will come back to you.

His religion at best is an anxious wish - like that of Rebelais a great Perhaps.

The way in which a group of people solves problems.

Freedom is living without chains.

People often ask me how would I like to be remembered and I answer that I would simply like to be remembered.

I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.