My life owes me. Like an overdose, I'm slowly Drifting into the arms of trouble, then trouble holds me

The people of Somalia just do not have a voice. They are to me the most forgotten people in the world.

It's better to light a candle than to curse the dark In the eyes of the youth, there are question marks

Until the lion learns to speak, the tales of hunting will be weak.

And any man who knows a thing, knows he knows not a damn, damn thing at all.

When I get older, I will be stronger They’ll call me freedom, just like a Wavin’ Flag

I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.

Somalis really are very musically sophisticated, and they're about their own thing.

It's not longer 'Look what I can do, I can do it better then you.' It's just I am.

To reach your goal authentically is probably, in the end, going to mean much more to you than having reached it in a false way.

When I get older, I will be stronger

But I have learned that you make your own happiness, that part of going for what you want means losing something else. And when the stakes are high, the losses can be that much greater.

My Universe, crashing into yours, was the most beautiful accident this creation had ever witnessed.

Nothing would be more profitable to us than a right history of mankind.

I speak for a lot of church groups, youth groups, schools, colleges and do personal appearances. I've done conventions and trade shows. A lot of different little hats.

What people don't understand is like when water gets polluted, it's an entire aquifer. There's a whole fascinating world that exists underneath our feet that we don't see, therefore we don't relate.

I started on the fringes of journalism as a cartoonist on The Daily Mail.

Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.

Racist writing is a craft failure.

I'm not a traditional sonero, at least not in the way they want me to be, I'm an interpreter, and I reach people in a different level.

Initiative is key. Anybody who wants to be somebody is going to work as hard as they can to fulfill that dream.