I like Colin Powell, I like his West Indian background, I like his intellect, I like a lot of things that he does and his style. What is at fault here is a policy that's taking this country to hell.

Each and every one of you has the power, the will and the capacity to make a difference in the world in which you live in

Artists are the gatekeepers of truth. We are civilization’s anchor. We are the compass for humanity’s conscience.

In the gun game, we are the most hunted. The river of blood that washes the streets of our nation flows mostly from the bodies of our black children.

I am who I am despite what America has put before me. I am who I am despite the obstacles that we have all faced based upon race and based upon social and spiritual humiliation.

You can cage the singer but not the song.

Art in its highest form is art that serves and instructs society and human development.

Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.

These children and their parents know that getting an education is not only their right, but a passport to a better future - for the children and for the country.

We've come to this dark time in which the new Gestapo of Homeland Security lurks here, where citizens are having their rights suspended.

Where is the raised voice of black America? Why are we mute?

In a utilitarian age, of all other times, it is a matter of grave importance that fairy tales should be respe

Whenever you do what you really love, your heart lifts, your mind opens, and everything changes. You wake up. That's what true adventure really is.

I havent been doin much comic book writing for the last several years though, as Ive been writing television projects and a novel.

I've got a great collection of photography.

Sometimes you can't know until you know.

Intimate knowledge of God is possible if we habitually search His Holy Scriptures & translate what we find into obedience.

There are joys so complete, so all perfect, that one should not survive them.

Having a good home, eating good food, wearing good clothes, are a means to living well; they are not the goals of our life. The quality of your life is decided by how peaceful and joyful you are.

For those who are on the roof become insolent as they don't know yet about the slope and the slipperiness of the roof!

Like many musicians, I don't look back much... only concentrate on what music I'm doing, and occasionally look ahead.