Music is not an exact science so depending on the time and the mode and the energy when we do it that will determine what happens with it.

A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows.

Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.

I ignored your aura but it grabbed me by the hand, like the moon pulled the tide, and the tide pulled the sand.

Do the math: You never settle for less than the whole if you knew the half.

You gotta get back to your essence, Use your gifts and share your presence, Don't count your dollars 'til you count your blessings.

Life without knowledge is death in disguise.

The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop song. That's the only music you can do that with.

If lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z.

I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.

You know, there's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.

Dreams come from that special place in our mind where our soul loves to spend its holidays.

Half finished work generally proves to be labor lost.

I'm a family man, I have kids, and I go to the movies. And I'm just going to make the kind of movie I want to see.

The bitter winds in February were sometimes called the First East Winds, but the longing for spring somehow made them seem more piercing.

Here is what is needed for Occupy Wall Street to become a force for change: a clear, and clearly expressed, objective. Or two.

I consider acting a day job - it's not my dream; it's not my be-all, end-all.

Experiment is the sole source of truth. It alone can teach us something new; it alone can give us certainty.

I've never suffered from writer's block. I have plenty of ideas, sometimes too many. I've always had a strong imagination. If it dries up I'll stop and look for another career.

I wish I had a river I could skate away on?

The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.