Our situation is more psychological than people will admit. Black kids kill Black kids for the same reason cops do. They see no value.

Maybe Hell ain't a place meant for us to Burn, maybe Earth is Hell and just a place for us to Learn.

One of the worst things that happened to black people in America historically is integration. People ask me why I say that and I tell them it's because we gave up all of our control.

Faith allows me to feel that as long as I'm in line with God everything will be O.K. and that I'll make it through whatever.

I can admit there are some problems in hip hop but it is only a reflection of what's taking place in our society. Hip hop is sick because America is sick.

We're trying to teach artists that if you're smart enough to develop the material, then you're smart enough to market and promote the album too.

Being a visionary is a blessing and a curse, you're blessed to see things other people are not able to see but you are cursed to sit in it alone

They heard a lullaby every time a part of her died in Silence.

Being Wise & Being Smart are two different things anyone can be smart but those who master the art of knowing what to overlook in this journey called life deserves to be called Wise

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who is for or against it.

Wild inside; raging, writhing—yes, "writhing" was the word, writhing with desire. But outwardly he was hopelessly tame; outwardly—baa, baa, baa.

A good starting point [in the measurement of investment risk] is the preservation and enhancement of your purchasing power in real terms.

If I tell the Berliners to step forward, they do it. If I tell the Viennese to step forward, they do it, but then they ask why.

Taxi drivers are the ones who pay me the most attention. They seem to be into River Cottage and have a dream of moving to the country, so I have chats with them.

Feeling gratitude isn't born in us-it's something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children.

The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.

Undermine the entire economic structure of society by leaving the pay toilet door ajar so the next person can get in free.