We've come to this dark time in which the new Gestapo of Homeland Security lurks here, where citizens are having their rights suspended.

Each and every one of you has the power, the will and the capacity to make a difference in the world in which you live in

Artists are the gatekeepers of truth. We are civilization’s anchor. We are the compass for humanity’s conscience.

In the gun game, we are the most hunted. The river of blood that washes the streets of our nation flows mostly from the bodies of our black children.

I am who I am despite what America has put before me. I am who I am despite the obstacles that we have all faced based upon race and based upon social and spiritual humiliation.

You can cage the singer but not the song.

Art in its highest form is art that serves and instructs society and human development.

Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.

These children and their parents know that getting an education is not only their right, but a passport to a better future - for the children and for the country.

Where is the raised voice of black America? Why are we mute?

Our foreign policy has made a wreck of this planet. I'm always in Africa... And when I go to these places I see American policy written on the walls of oppression everywhere.

Men who make all the decisions in a relationship are also the ones who will blame you when they don’t work out as they expected.

The next morning, Angie woke with the sun...Her eyes felt gritty and swollen.Once again she'd watered her mattress with memories.

Marriage is one long conversation checkered by disputes.

We're to love our children for who they are, not for what we want them to become.

There's a moment when all you are is all you are.

Figuring out a way to use humor to deal with important issues I think is very important. Laughter is a great diffuser.

Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault.

Make your choice and accept the consequences.

The truth of the matter is President Trump brought together the Republican Party and the conservative movement.

Seven million people I turned on, and only one hundred thousand have come by to thank me.