Ethiopia did not have the same problem [of corruption]. African leaders looked at us with envy.

I am a revolutionary; my life is dedicated to freeing the people.

From now on you must pray for your people and yourself three times a day.

Everything Mengistu has done since 1977 has been to place himself in a position of uncontestable power. Neither Haile Selassie nor any of the previous emperors had this insatiable thirst for power.

Mengistu is a barbaric and cruel creature who becomes happy with the death of human beings.

We thought that the proletariat would eventually run the world. But it is the Americans who have assumed that position... The American people have changed.

Life is a misery, without music.

It is better to be unhappy with rejection of love than never love.

Everytime, he breaks your heart. And everytime, he expects me to pick up the pieces.

The problem, when comparing contemporary television to television in 1974, is that TV has become not just bad but sad.

You still should enjoy the beach and going outside. Having a good time at the beach can still include being smart about protecting your skin because getting burned is no fun at all.

The beauty of doing a series is that, over the course of time, it's like peeling an onion. You're able to reveal these layers, more and more. You just don't want to reveal too much, too soon.

I started 'Society's Child' on a bus in East Orange as I was going home from school. I saw a black and white couple sitting there and started thinking about it.

It's one of those dreams I thought would be unattainable for someone like me, who came from nowhere.

Every time I'm not on a project, I'm writing or in the studio or doing gigs DJing.

Friends are the flowers in the garden of life.