It is with complete allegiance to the cause of racial and social justice and the NAACP that I step aside from the Presidency and pass the baton to my Vice President, Naima Quarles-Burnley.

I have a huge issue with blackface.

I stand by my work on behalf of the citizens of Spokane to further justice and promote civilian oversight of law enforcement.

Overall, my life has been one of survival and the decisions that I have made along the way, including my identification, have been to survive.

Life is and will ever remain an equation incapable of solution, but it contains certain known factors.

Hope is a mistake. If you cant fix what's broken, you will go insane.

My dad told me if I was ever intimidated by anyone, just picture them with their clothes off. He said that's how he dealt with my mom.

Delight in itself is the approach of sanity. Delight is to open our eyes to the reality of the situation rather than siding with this or that point of view.

Innovations never happen as planned.

If I can't serve on grass, I can maybe help cut the grass, paint the lines and serve some strawberries.

Women have got to stop being polite. If I ever had children, which I don't, the first thing I'd teach a girl of mine is the words 'f - off.'

The music business used to carry a certain amount of brotherly love, but it isn't that way now.