The course of history can be changed but not halted.

My father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I am going to stay here and have a part of it just like you.

The answer to injustice is not to silence the critic but to end the injustice.

The faces and the tactics of the leaders may change every four years, or two, or one, but the people go on forever.

As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this.

Artists are the gate keepers of truth. We are civilization’s radical voice.

In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice like in Washington. It was the first time I felt like a human being.

We ask for nothing that is not ours by right, and herein lies the great moral power of our demand.

Through my singing and acting and speaking, I want to make freedom ring. Maybe I can touch people's hearts better than I can their minds, with the common struggle of the common man.

My future depends mostly upon myself.

Art is not just to show life as it is, but to show life as it should be.

Can you really talk to the dead?" She gave me the look that I was familiar with by now: equal parts derision, skepticism, and curiosity. “How much would it be? I mean, how much do you charge?

I want you to have this feeling too - it is my moral responsibility to help you achieve this inner freedom.

We need to create brand institutions. In the fortune 500 companies, 5 Indian companies are named while 15 are from China though we have similar kind of populations.

When your body says 'no,' it doesn't matter how big your heart is.

I have fun writing. I don't make it a chore. I don't have to struggle with it.

Now I got my foot - through the door - and I ain't goin' no where.

God creates men, but they choose each other.

At Calvary, there was a great healing transfer where the responsibility for healing was switched from God giving it, to you receiving it.

It's okay to be confused. Confusion is the route to all the clarity in the world.

would you like to hear the night i bravely fought the- no? alright