At first there was nothingthen nothing turned itself inside-out and became something

The possible has been tried and failed. Now it's time to try the impossible.

Where human eyes have never seen, where human beings have never been, I build a world of abstract dreams, and I wait for you.

The real aim of music is to co-ordinate the minds of the people into an intelligent reach for a better world and an intelligent approach to the living future.

The planet is asleep and it's the fault of musicians who are untrue to themselves.

Art does not begin with imitation, but with discipline.

A prophet is not without honor except in his own country among his own people.

Well, actually, I'm a psychic being, and you know, we don't concern ourselves with being born; we concern ourselves with being eternal; we deal with the spirit.

The light of the future casts the shadows of tomorrow.

If you’re not mad at the world, you don’t have what it takes

The outer space beings are my brothers. They sent me here. They already know my music.

The history of science is the saga of nature defying common sense.

Winners never quit, and quitters never win. Once you give up, you'll have to start all over again. Success take time, especially when you need it. The one is patient remains undefeated.

War is terrible. There is nothing romantic about war.

The art of land doctoring is being practiced with vigor, but the science of land health is yet to be born.

Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up.

The more you say, the less people remember.

There's a kind of slowness and inefficiency about rendering text in paint. We're in a world that's very fast, so things that slow you for a minute-give you pause-are good.

You don't really drive in cabs in L.A. unless you're broke or homeless - or if you're broke and driving the cab.

You spend so much time barking up the civil-rights tree, you don't even know there's a human-rights tree on the same floor.

There is no greater disability in society, than the inability to see a person as more.