Music is the very cement that has not just held the black community together but holds black selves together in a fundamental sense.

There is a price to pay for speaking the truth. There is a bigger price for living a lie.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people.

Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public

Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.

Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough conviction for substantial things like justice, truth and love.

None of us alone can save the nation or the world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so. (p. 109)

The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of inspiration.

We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.

We are who we are because somebody loved us.

A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.

The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read.

We've been trained since kindergarten: Be nice, be kind, share, put on a smile. So we're conditioned to squash our natural selfish instincts, and that's the right thing for society.

I've had some of the best and most traumatizing experiences at NBC

The energy that can rise in real connection is the stuff of revolution.

My opinion is just be very careful when you're young and making the money.

When you're out to get the honey you don't go killing all the bees

My colleagues are my colleagues, my friends are my friends. It's never been male or female.

All good things come to those who wait.

Better than I was, more than I am And all of this happen by taking your hand And who I am now is who I wanted to be And now that we're together I'm stronger than ever I'm happy and free

I'm tied of hearing about temperance instead of abstinence, in order to please the cocktail crowd in church congregations.