My work sometimes can be abstract and appear not to have a direct relationship to Afro-American concerns, but, in fact, it is based on that.

I can take any series of numbers and turn it into music, from Bach to bebop, Herbie Hancock to hip-hop.

I don't follow what everybody else does.

I'm creative; I'm not re-creative.

Here in Seattle, I'm the most productive I've ever been. I don't allow myself personal distractions. I'm extremely disciplined here.

My concerns have been about myself and not about giving something back and putting something in, even though that's been in the back of my head.

Christianity is a journey not a destination

The Holy Spirit illuminates the minds of people, makes us yearn for God, and takes spiritual truth and makes it understandable to us.

May you be spurred into action, not just by what you read - but all your Soul is willing to share.

I don't care how small or big they are, insects freak me out.

Love is blind and little did I know, you were just another dead end road. Paved with pretty lies and broken dreams.

Time is born in the eyes, everybody knows that.

There is nothing so simple as being the Self. It requires no effort, no aid. One has to leave off the wrong identity and be in his (her) eternal, natural, inherent state.

I don't plan on selling out. I mean, it's nice to get a dinner reservation ahead of other people, but when it comes down to it, the most important thing to me is the actual work.

God left the world unfinished; the pictures unpainted, the songs unsung, and the problems unsolved, that man might know the joys of creation.

Justice is the constant and perpetual will to allot to every man his due.