The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.

I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music.

What I will no longer accept is the mediocre life of a modest little gentleman.

...if charity begins at home, empire begins in other men's homes.

Stay faithful to consciousness, rest everything is illusion including your mind. Simply be aware without adulterations from intellegience.

When grace moves in... guilt moves out

This explains why, whenever a person says sie to me, I generally try to kill him, if a stranger.

I always wanted to see people's lives transformed from depression and anxiety to joy and peace.

GUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason.

I organized Sweet Honey In The Rock in 1973. The music was sanity and balance.

I believe in trying foods from all over the world, going to markets and finding jewelry and furniture and just treating myself well. It's important for me creatively to travel.

I like to watch a bit of Disney, sprinkle some cocaine on some melon and just sit and eat it. I'm joking, I'm joking. There's no Disney.

I'm here to change the world, and if I am not, I am probably wasting my time.