I have such respect for the art of deejaying. I hesitate to even call myself a deejay.

A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows.

Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.

I ignored your aura but it grabbed me by the hand, like the moon pulled the tide, and the tide pulled the sand.

Do the math: You never settle for less than the whole if you knew the half.

You gotta get back to your essence, Use your gifts and share your presence, Don't count your dollars 'til you count your blessings.

Life without knowledge is death in disguise.

The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop song. That's the only music you can do that with.

If lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z.

I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.

You know, there's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.

If you dare try, you will succeed.

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.

He ran his finger along my jawline and down my neck. "The wait will be fun, but it's not going to be easy."

It is among the less privileged groups relatively new to leisure and consumption that the zest for possessions retains something of its pristine energy.

The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the religion that has raised one man above sin and death.

I was making choices that were very specific: Make a living, take care of your family, and if you can, find some movies that you can sink your teeth into.

A night of endless dreams, inconsequent and wild, is this my life; none more worth telling than the rest.

Much success to you, even if you wish me the opposite.

The idea of democracy has been stripped of it moral imperatives and come to denote hollowness and hypocrisy.

We can be so much braver and bolder with a good friend by our side!