Look carefully at what is of value in others and respect that.

Don't let a culture or society's rules define who you are; you define who you are.

Don't take no as a full stop, treat it like a comma.

What is right can never be impossible.

As people of color, we're left out of history. History is sort of told around us. We're bystanders, we're passive, we're observers. We're never the center of our history.

When you're in political times, you want to reflect those political times, and sometimes going back to our past is the best way to look at our present.

People assume thoughts and processes about you that may have nothing to do with you whatsoever, but they make political assumptions and assertions about who you are based on your choice of partner.

Time spent in meditation is as precious as gold.

Rebuilding relationship requires a lifelong discipline and commitment.

forgiveness happens when you know that the other is not responsible.

The Awakened One sees the observer and the observed as one. The unawakened one sees the observer and the observed as different.

The greatest conquest is the courage to be yourself.

The gods had a habit of going round to atheists' houses and smashing their windows.

‎"If a person is not willing to take responsibility for themselves, it does not excuse them from not taking responsibility when their bad choices affect others.

I always wonder if what I'm wearing will be something that people would compliment, or want to wear. I don't ever get ready just for myself, ever.

find yourself a lover who will glue you to the floor

If there's a certain song that I want to reach a certain person or certain type of person, that's when I play it for people.

My graffiti really comes more from a May '68, sort of Situationist vibe than the hip-hop world. I think a real graffiti artist would find me a poser.

If a drink was ice cold, it would be impossible to drink. Because it would be solid. Here's a drink, Mitch - it's ice cold. I guess I could lick it.

To waste one's breath; to pump into a sieve.

If music became extinct now, I dont know what Id be good for.