Have you seen Bernie Sanders rallies? I haven't seen that many white voters since the Oscars. You know - oh, we have some Hollywood fans here.

I feel worn down as a human being who has to constantly justify their existence to other human beings because I'm a minority

I love Dr. King, but violence might be necessary; Cause when you live on MLK and it gets very scary, You might have to pull your AK, send one to the cemetery.

What I am is an encourager. I encourage all who deserve freedom to fight for that. And if you can't win by yourself, then find other people to be in solidarity with.

Being a black rapper is like being a Southern, socialite woman: You're always worried about appearances.

I'll always push for what I believe in. That's what you're supposed to do. If you're an American, you're supposed to be part of the political process, especially if you've been denied it.

This is jazz, this is funk, this is soul, this is gospel This is sanctified sick, this is player Pentecostal. This is church front pew, Amen, pulpit, What my people need and the opposite of bullshit.

I learned to fly planes at fifteen years old because one of my teachers thought I'd be a better pilot than rapper.

I'm lucky in that in my character in hip hop is me. I'm Michael Render. My character is Killer Mike. But the truth that I sing in my raps align themselves with the policy of Bernie Sanders.

The futile and exhausting existence of a purgatory-like law enforcement system.

I don't trust the church or the government, and anything the church or the government tells me I assume to be a lie or a conspiracy, until proven true.

Endure to the very end.

Magic is the word illiterates use for phenomena they can’t explain.

In order for us to begin something we have to start.

I don't think a woman has to act like a man to show that she has strength.

It is not safe in the republican form of government that clannishness should exist either by compulsory or voluntary reason. It is not good for the government and it is not good for the individual.

There are women who do not like to cause suffering to many men at a time, and who prefer to concentrate on one man: These are the faithful women.

Christ will always accept the faith that puts its trust in Him

They're paying me an outrageous sum of money; $40,000 a week, which is totally silly.

I don't mean to be a diva, but some days you wake up and you're Barbara Streisand.

If you'd asked me at 30 where I'd be during the Masters when I was 46, I'd have pictured myself on a boat fishing, smoking a cigar, drinking a mint julep and watching it on television.