My philosophy is: if you don't bear a cross, you can't wear a crown so you gotta go through some form of humiliation to reach tribulation.

I am good. I live good. I think good. I don't have to feel good to be good, I take my goodness wherever I go.

Everyone's trying to reach the top. Tell me how far is it from the bottom.

And I ask why am I black, they say I was born in sin, and shamed inequity. One of the main songs we used to sing in church makes me sick, 'love wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.

It is only the TRUTH that can make a man FREE, it is only the TRUTH that can make a man LIVE.

In the beginning there was the word. The word was Jah. The word is in I, Jah is in I. I make what is good, better, and what is better, best. I follow this in every aspect of life.

My songs is hard stuff which politicians don't want on them radio station because they still want people to live in ignorancy.

Peace is a certificate you get in the grave.

I don't need no peace. I need equal rights and justice.

To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death.

I've got to pick myself up Dust myself off And start all over again.

Creativity is not a gift, it’s a mindset that you practice

Women. They are a complete mystery.

I couldn't be a responsible enough parent if my kid was born with a new suit and a full-time job.

And this is what happened, ands this is why the caribou and the wolf are one; for the caribou feeds the wolf, but it is the wolf that keeps the caribou strong.

I play guitar because I like to make loud noises. And the guitar is the coolest way to make a loud noise.

Memory is funny. Once you hit a vein the problem is not how to remember but how to control the flow.

Beware of the words "internal security," for they are the eternal cry of the oppressor.

My mother paid eight dollars a month for rent. When she had it. Mostly we were evicted, because she couldnt afford to pay the eight dollars a month.

I don't know any woman who is happy with her looks. I certainly wouldn't want to be friends with anyone who was.