I want to affect people like a clap of thunder, to inflame their minds with the breadth of my vision, the strength of my conviction and the power of my expression.

The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening.

Before a revolution happens, it is perceived as impossible; after it happens, it is seen as having been inevitable.

Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.

Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.

Being human means throwing your whole life on the scales of destiny when need be, all the while rejoicing in every sunny day and every beautiful cloud.

There is no democracy without socialism, and no socialism without democracy.

The most revolutionary act is a clear view of the world as it really is.

We will be victorious if we have not forgotten how to learn.

The working classes in every country only learn to fight in the course of their struggles.

Bourgeois society stands at the crossroads, either transition to socialism or regression into barbarism.

Ill usage makes the sweetest of us vicious.

I like to laugh but on the court it is my work. I try to smile but it is so difficult. I concentrate on the ball not on my face.

At a label, you are confined to the team you have, but I did all my solo work myself, and that makes you more agile and able to go into weirder corners.

It's not trespassing to go beyond your own boundaries.

All magic is about transformation... the performance magician is telling you that you are the magician in your own life. You are the agent of transformation, your own transformation.

Any Michael Jackson song will make any dancer go nuts.

We are all failures - at least the best of us are.

Poison's not bad. It's a matter of how much.

What I'm doing on stage now is just the tip of the iceberg.

We are past opposition. I mean, we've crossed that threshold before [Donald] Trump was inaugurated.