I don't think any musician ever thinks about making a statement. I think everybody goes into music loving it.

I've got to where I am in life not because of something I brought to the world but through something I found - the wealth of African culture.

My biggest obsession is to show Africans and the world who the people of Africa really are.

I am a forward-looking person and live in the moment to build for the future.

I think it is incumbent on all human beings to oppose injustice in every form.

I lived for music since I could think.

The Afro-American experience is the only real culture that America has. Basically, every American tries to walk, talk, dress and behave like African Americans.

It's obvious that the rest of the world loves high African culture - African culture, period.

When people campaign for positions, they promise people all kinds of things.

All my experiences removed geography from my world.

I grew up with protests, marches, demonstrations, struggle. But I come from a clan of community workers.

The great thing to remember is that though our feelings come and go God's love for us does not.

In my experience, anybody besides your mom that feeds you is going to want something in exchange for it.

If you think that's gross... check out what I found on FACT Verse called "11 Disgusting Foods That People Actually Eat"... WOw!

ARENA, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record.

I only want to protect animals from barbarous, cruel, inhuman and backward rituals.

Not believing in anything is also a religion .

No matter what happens, it’s always now.

The great adventures which our opponents offer is a voyage into the past. Progress is our heritage, not theirs. What is right for us as Democrats is also the right way for Democrats to win.

If we open our hearts to give love we are immediately transported into the joy and blessings of love.

You could split hairs and bring up words like 'doo-wop' and terms like 'soul' or 'R&B', but I think pop music is what you want it to be - that's why it's pop.