I love art. It really changes my mood and wakes me up.

I feel worn down as a human being who has to constantly justify their existence to other human beings because I'm a minority

I love Dr. King, but violence might be necessary; Cause when you live on MLK and it gets very scary, You might have to pull your AK, send one to the cemetery.

What I am is an encourager. I encourage all who deserve freedom to fight for that. And if you can't win by yourself, then find other people to be in solidarity with.

Being a black rapper is like being a Southern, socialite woman: You're always worried about appearances.

I'll always push for what I believe in. That's what you're supposed to do. If you're an American, you're supposed to be part of the political process, especially if you've been denied it.

This is jazz, this is funk, this is soul, this is gospel This is sanctified sick, this is player Pentecostal. This is church front pew, Amen, pulpit, What my people need and the opposite of bullshit.

I learned to fly planes at fifteen years old because one of my teachers thought I'd be a better pilot than rapper.

I'm lucky in that in my character in hip hop is me. I'm Michael Render. My character is Killer Mike. But the truth that I sing in my raps align themselves with the policy of Bernie Sanders.

The futile and exhausting existence of a purgatory-like law enforcement system.

I don't trust the church or the government, and anything the church or the government tells me I assume to be a lie or a conspiracy, until proven true.

To generalize is to be an idiot, " said Blake. Perhaps he went too far. But to generalize is to be a finite mind. Generalities are the lenses with which our intellects have to manage.

Most of the people that doubt other people's dreams do so because they don't even believe in their own dreams.

Confession can be good for the soul, but it can exact a heavy toll on friendships.

Covetousness, like a candle ill made, smothers the splendor of a happy fortune in its own grease.

Left love behind many years ago. Now it rests under a cross in the cemetery in Tombstone.

You're a very odd man," said Bert. "I get that more often than you'd think," replied Charles.

As long as we keep our fundamentals strong...the dollar (and) U.S. borrowing costs will do just fine.

Nature chooses who will be transgender; individuals don't choose this.

Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.

It surely is far better to be disliked by somebody you don't love than by somebody you do. Even so, I mind. Even so, failing to love somebody is a failure.