I got plenty. You can have all my light, my shine. I got plenty. All my boys here, we working being creative.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

No religion, I'm just so explicit, I coexist in places you would never know existed.

I'm just a demon that means well. Freelance for God, but do the work of Satan.

I say 'cuz' around Bloods, and I say 'blood' around Crips...I'm twisted. Got Mary, got Lucy, got Molly: that's wifey, girlfriend and mistress.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

The universe bends to a still mind, peace be still.

It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression, 'As pretty as an airport.

The trick is that as long as you know who you are and what makes you happy, it doesn't matter how others see you.

We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.

Being a critic is a terrific method for killing your love of art

I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, I can't do anything to change events anyway.

Words are all we have.

Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery . . . is his natural and normal condition.

The more Chaotic I am, the more complete I am.

We don't condone violence. And I say it.

The stairway to the ministry is not a grand staircase but a back stairwell that leads down to the servants’ quarters.

If you capture the first thought that you have when you're creating, and then play that to people, it's kind of like the listeners are part of that beginning. And that's the most exciting part.

If you cannot find a group whose consciousness matches your own, be the source of one. Others of like consciousness will be drawn to you.

Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.