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.

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

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.

Time has been given to us as a sacred covenant, that if wasted will haunt us throughout eternity, in the form of regret

For all our penny-wisdom, ’” he said, “‘for all our soul-destroying slavery to habit, it is not to be doubted that all men have sublime thoughts.

A friend in need becomes always a friend in need if you help him once......

A mistake isn't a mistake if you learn a lesson from it.

Never doubt what comes from the heart, your feelings know you better than anything else.

God cannot honor anything, no matter its degree of sincerity, if it is contrary to His Word.

A science fiction writer should try to combine the intimately human with the grandly cosmic.

My work isn't about form. It's about seeing. I'm excited about seeing things, and I'm interested in the way I think other people see things.

There's no way I could pay you back but my plan is to show you that I understand, you are appreciated

I believe I and all the Chinese people have such a conviction that China will make continuous progress and the people's wishes for and needs for democracy and freedom are irresistible.