Absorb youth and you will be absorbed by youth. Take on new influences without fear and you need not fear what is new. Change the people around you by changing the people around you.

The desired effect is what you get when you improve your interplanetary funksmanship.

Whoever controls the flow of information dictates our perceptions and perspectives; whoever controls the news shapes our destiny.

Think! It ain't illegal 'yet.'

I used to skip school to go there when I was growing up in Newark, ... I saw the Flamingos, the Heartbeats, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Jackson.

Look both ways before you cross my mind.

Style is whatever you want to do, if you can do it with confidence.

Funk 'em, just to see the look on their face.

Funk is fun. And it's also a state of mind, ... But it's all the ramifications of that state of mind. Once you've done the best you can, funk it!

Why must I feel like that? Why must I chase the cat?

I think a lot of people really have religious overtones of having come from somewhere. I mean, even the whole concept of religion is kind of alien.

Don't assume you are more creative or better than anyone, because some people with better stuffs are just pretending to be dumb for a while.

Resistance is the subtlest form of attachment.

A Mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place.

The New Year, like an Infant Heir to the whole world, was waited for, with welcomes, presents, and rejoicings.

I like to do 'Garfield Mondays': lasagna and napping in a box.

I'm confident that it is with the strength of the poor that India will move forward.

Of course, any job is scary, but you tackle the challenges head on and hope for the best.

I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors.

You must never fear anything at all.