It doesn't matter to me what is going on today because my music encompasses every kind of mood that exists in human beings. That's my stick.

You've got to learn to leave the table When love's no longer being served".

I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.

What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.

You can't help it. An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times.

Life is short. People are not easy to know. They're not easy to know, so if you don't tell them how you feel, you're not going to get anywhere, I feel.

You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.

Talent is a burden not a joy. I am not of this planet. I do not come from you. I am not like you.

How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and souls of people who are unable to express it

There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.

Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking.

I had to face my worst fears, to find the force of faith.

So we found the end of our journey.So we stood, alive in the river of light, Among the creatures of light, creatures of light.

I never can imagine that a woman can do anything wrong, if they do then man made her to do it.

An artist's concern is to capture beauty wherever he finds it.

Lots of people will give you advice... and depending upon how well they know you, the advice might be valid or not so valid.

When harmony, mutual consideration and trust pass out of the home, hell enters in.

I think actors always retain one foot in the cradle. We're switched on to our youth, to our childhood. We have to be because we're in the business of transferring emotions to other people.

People didn't put pressure on me. I just played for the love of the game.

There's this about a farm: when the market's good there's money, and when it's bad there's food.

I'm not a big internet guy - not because I'm not interested in what people have to say, but probably because I'm too interested.