I want to be able to tell black people something they don't know, something about our own lives.

You can't imagine hip-hop without the Black Panthers. Today, hopefully, the movement can be an inspiration to people. These were people who made mistakes but they were trying to change things.

There's a similarity in both being young people who are not about the politics of respectability.

People also don't understand how young the Panthers were - basically teenagers. And that they were over 50 percent women.

Cameras have really made people question the police. People, especially white people, are saying, 'Oh my God, we had no idea.'

When black men started bearing arms, these people who we think of as being pro-gun are saying, 'We ought to change this law.

Race is always tossed into the mix. The unspoken idea is always that white people have a right to carry guns and bear arms.

Once your leaders get corrupted one way or another, it's hard to stop the organization from being corrupted.

Tonight is going to be a big night, like any other night, because certain 10 million Americans will not be able to sleep well tonight.

The only people who say worse things about politicians that reporters do are other politicians.

I think that every job that you can save is important. Every job that you can create is very important and it should not be the number one reason why we invest in infrastructure to create jobs.

I think the advantage of democracy is that it makes us less dependent on a group of leaders.

Don't ever call me a bottler on the radio with thousands of people listening

Dancing is so great because there are all the little details, and the little movements, and the little muscles that are working without you even realizing.

Prague is the Paris of the '90s.

With guys I revere, like Marcus Garvey or Malcolm X, their look is less about style than purpose and the expression of beauty. It wasn't just about being noticed, you know?

How blunt are all the arrows of thy quiver in comparison with those of guilt.

Here is a language so far ahead of its time, that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also on nearly all its successors.