You ball up your fist each time you hear about an unfound injustice in the world. That makes me your brother.

The sun might be God. God might not watch us at night.

I sometimes sit on my roof. Not to be closer to god. To be further from y'all.

There's an inexplicable joy that exists on a brown child's face and in the way they navigate their world long before they discover they're hated.

What you don't think about when you're planning for children is when you're going to teach them how not to be killed

An HBCU that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant.An African American Studies class that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant.

Sometimes our walls exist just to see who has the strength to knockthem down.

Undeniable chemistry and horrific timing. They love each other.

In her attempt to make me a good man, I made her a bad woman.

The relationship was perfect, but I hated everything about the person I became.

I'm silent when there is a war inside me. There's a need to keep the people outside intact.

I’ve found a new kind of home in us, and I’m ready to move in for good.

Realism is criminal.

For while it is of no particular importance how many things you start in life, it is of great importance how many you finish!

Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.

I have children. I have a family to support. But I really could live in a one-room apartment, as long as the television worked. I never needed anything. Just a comfortable chair and I'm fine.

I think it's worthwhile to expand your comfort level and just do something awful. I wasn't trying to make music for money.

The future belongs to you, but it can only belong to you if you participate and take charge

Grant others the same rights as you claim for yourself.

I know what it's like to squander all your hours and all your tears and all your heart on something which turns out to be nothing. Don't waste your time.

Once people start throwing wet stuff, I go inside.