Music is the soundtrack of our lives, it's essential for our lives.

The data is going to indicate sadly that when the Obama administration is over, black people will have lost ground in every single leading economic indicator category.

The choices we make about the lives we live determine the kinds of legacies we leave.

Don't envy someone else's gift. Discover your own.

The storm came. Lives were washed away. Ancient pains resurfaced. Now it is time for a sea of change.

Sometimes rejection in life is really redirection.

I believe if we make black America better, we make all of America better.

We need to elect leaders who understand that leadership is about loving and serving people, not about self-advancement.

Regardless of your race, religion or political affiliation, never hesitate to question those in authority.

Poverty and wealth inequality are a form of instability into the future.

Capitalism is like a child: if you want the child to grow up free and productive, somebody's got to look over the shoulder of that child.

Beauty is an illusion.

I can easily set my tone.

Oh God, here's my Bible, Here's my money. Here's me. Use me, God.

I don't think a songwriter should lose their mojo. In my situation, I'm one of those artists that lasts over a long period rather than have your moment and your moment is gone.

People go away and they don't come back.

The truths I shun follow me, mumbling.

The removal of Saddam Hussein and his replacement by someone beholden to the United States is a key part of a broader United States strategy aimed at assuring permanent American global dominance.

I'll find you. Don't worry. Just be on your own and I'll find you.

Former lefties can make a good living in the media by attacking their ex-comrades - I'd do it myself if the price was right.

I think most people are inherently interested in how their brain works, in what makes them tick.