Truth is truth no matter what I think.

If I can't change the people around me, I change the people around me.

I came from a mother and father who always made me secure in my beliefs, and that's where the love came from.

Reflect each day on all you have to be grateful for and you will receive more to be grateful for.

Knowledge, wisdom, and understanding don't come out of the microwave. You got to keep moving forward because the evil doesn't sleep.

It's weak to speak and blame somebody else ...When you destroy yourself.

Culture is this thing that we can exchange among ourselves as human beings to knock aside our differences and build upon our similarities. Cultural exchange is the ultimate exchange.

I got a letter from the government the other day I opened and read it...it said they were suckers.

Our freedom of speech is freedom or death, We got to fight the powers that be!

I spread the message of hope and of unity. That's what gets me up in the morning. I can tell you what is wrong, but I can't tell you how to fix it. I'm a raptivist, not a politician. I deal in hope.

The best way to boycott is to build your own

Hope is for people who wait. And I don't want to wait no more. I'm not scared anymore. I'm not scared of myself. Of my things. Of my fear. Of absolutely nothing. And that's music.

Ah! when will this long weary day have end, And lende me leave to come unto my love? - Epithalamion

I usually use quick sketches that I accumulated from the figure drawing classes I once instructed.

Better than a long speech is a single quietening word.

By the Grace of God, I am cured of the disease of egotism, and Death no longer terrifies me.

The most powerful demonstration of leadership is not a clenched fist of brute force but an open hand of humble assistance.

Success is the development of the power with which to get whatever one wants in life without interfering with the rights of others.

There is something that happens when you get emancipated. You approach life differently. You eat differently. You respect yourself more. You respect the gift you have been given.

Many married couples separate because they quarrel incessantly, but just as many separate because they were never honest enough or courageous enough to quarrel when they should have.

Anytime you strike the drums, you have to be aware that you're creating a musical event.