The future of Haiti must be linked to the respect of the rights of every single citizen.

We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.

If one suffers we all suffer. Togetherness is strength. Courage.

The structure of apartheid is still rooted in the Haitian society. When you have apartheid, you don't see those behind the walls. That is the reality of Haiti.

Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always. Always.

When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to not arm people to repress.

We shall prepare the coffee of reconciliation through the filter of justice. Through reconciliation, streams of tears will come to our eyes.

Of course, learning is strengthened and solidified when it occurs in a safe, secure and normal environment.

I will work to bring peace to everyone - whatever economic level - as long as you are Haitian.

Pa gen lape nan tet, si pa gen lape nan vant (there is no peace in the head if there is no peace in the stomach).

Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to look at Haiti from a psychological perspective.

When I was 14 or 15, a camp counselor told me I was smart. I had never been very good in school, but he told me once that I was smart but my mind operated a little differently.

Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day.

These distraction-oholics. These focus-ophobics.

Pascal Wager invented the calculator and he also said you can apply mathematics to faith in God so I thought that was pretty interesting.

Excessive drinking is not good for my health, my family or my game. There has definitely been a change, and I feel better for it.

Time is what creates trust.

...And in freedom, most people find sin.

the government can do nothing for you. But you can do everything for yourselves

It's important to tell the artist's story. It's their song! And it's always more fun to write together with the artist!

No, I don't mean love, when I say patriotism. I mean fear. The fear of the other. And its expressions are political, not poetical: hate, rivalry, aggression.