Just gimme some stage. I'll make my own way once I get there.

The desired effect is what you get when you improve your interplanetary funksmanship.

Whoever controls the flow of information dictates our perceptions and perspectives; whoever controls the news shapes our destiny.

Absorb youth and you will be absorbed by youth. Take on new influences without fear and you need not fear what is new. Change the people around you by changing the people around you.

Think! It ain't illegal 'yet.'

I used to skip school to go there when I was growing up in Newark, ... I saw the Flamingos, the Heartbeats, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Jackson.

Look both ways before you cross my mind.

Style is whatever you want to do, if you can do it with confidence.

Funk 'em, just to see the look on their face.

Funk is fun. And it's also a state of mind, ... But it's all the ramifications of that state of mind. Once you've done the best you can, funk it!

Why must I feel like that? Why must I chase the cat?

I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays.

I think most artists create out of despair. The very nature of creation is not a performing glory on the outside, it's a painful, difficult search within.

Since I was a boy - born into a farming family in Bonaire, GA - I've had agriculture running through my veins.

I put myself on the line with my truth and my sexuality. That is my choice. My choice

He stopped, turned. He cupped his hands around his mouth. ''For you a thousand times over!'' he said. Then he smiled his Hassan smile and disappeared around the corner.

You know, they say when someone keeps making excuses to say your name it means they like you.

It's weird to have to jump in to being married with somebody, but it was really easy.

I had a lousy marriage and I drank too much.

A truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half our homes.

For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards.