What saddens me is the corruption of youth and beauty, and the loss of soul, which is only replaced by money.

I felt devalued and disrespected. The energy behind it felt disingenuous and motivated by corporate profit.

I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while my grandmother was working through her racism.

We're getting ready to take over the world. My group of girlfriends - we're renegades.

An instructor once told me that when there's resistence in your body, it's only because of the resistence in your mind. It's about getting inside the pose. Being the breath.

Prisons are like the concentration camps of our time. So many go in and never come out, and primarily they're black and Latino.

I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up.

It's from our sufferings that we form our consciousness.

I work with youth offenders in LA, I've heard them speak and see how music manipulates them.

Its from the deep waters that we come. And we are heartfelt and treacherous like those waters. We come with an unflinching devotion to the mystical and to God - representing life and embracing death.

My life is art. Its how I express God.

One day it'll all make sense.

Life is about work. Work is about life. And both are about people.

I'm flying everywhere in my private jet.

I'm defending free speech pretty much all over the place because you still have freedom of speech.

Indeed I had not much wit, yet I was not an idiot - my wit was according to my years.

My parents immigrated from Italy and spent 40 days and 40 stinking nights on a boat so we didn't have to eat things like gizzards.

It’s never too late to do the right thing.

On the McLaughlin Report, August 26, 1990: 'There are only two groups that are beating the drums for war in the middle East, the Israeli Defense Ministry and its amen corner in the United States.

Religion [is] the universal obsessional neurosis of humanity

Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource - the minds of our children.