I am being tried for fighting for the right of my people, who are still second-class citizens in this United States of America.

My father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I am going to stay here and have a part of it just like you.

The answer to injustice is not to silence the critic but to end the injustice.

The faces and the tactics of the leaders may change every four years, or two, or one, but the people go on forever.

As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this.

Artists are the gate keepers of truth. We are civilization’s radical voice.

In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice like in Washington. It was the first time I felt like a human being.

We ask for nothing that is not ours by right, and herein lies the great moral power of our demand.

Through my singing and acting and speaking, I want to make freedom ring. Maybe I can touch people's hearts better than I can their minds, with the common struggle of the common man.

My future depends mostly upon myself.

Art is not just to show life as it is, but to show life as it should be.

you are a person, not a shredder.so quit tearing yourself to shreds.

I'd rather try and fail than quit and not do shit.

The world of possibilities exists in any situation

You know that person on your left shoulder who tells you that you can't do it or that you're not good enough? Tell that person to GET LOST!

The intellect is always fooled by the heart.

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

When people search for "Life Quotes" they are often looking for quotes about life. Why do the major search engines only give them hundreds of pages of commercial garbage about Life Insurance Quotes?

I guess I just take things as they come now, as far as that goes. I get really excited to do the project, but I don't think too much beyond that.

But primarily, the drummer's supposed to sit back there and swing the band.

We scored a goal and defended until the end with great spirit. We have a lot of young players and I hope we can keep on like this.