Trying to explain or define grace is like catching the wind in a cardboard box or describing the color green.

Grace has a way of sneaking up on you like that. When you least deserve it.

Good morning, God. Another beautiful day. I'm still here, and so is the sun. Thank you. Right, now let's get down to business.

Maybe that's why Jesus was so fond of parables: Nothing describes the indescribable like a good yarn.

Power is a delicate thing. The most powerful storms on earth intensify rapidly, but dissipate just as fast if not faster.

Overcome darkness, so that you may walk in the light.

For example, justice is considered to mean equality, It does mean equality- but equality for those who are equal, and not for all.

White people don't sing together very often, and when they do, it's about the celebrity of the song. The singing at my shows is all about harmony.

Take every opportunity that comes your way and most importantly have fun with it.

I won't read scripts because I have a limited amount of time. Why should I help other people do lame stuff when I can just go out and put on lame stuff of my own?

But you can't truly hate a man without loving him first, and there's always a trace of that love left over.

In the end, as any successful teacher will tell you, you can only teach the things that you are. If we practice racism then it is racism we teach.

I like naming characters.

To the large extent that music can organize our perceptions of our own bodies and emotions, it can tell us things about history that are not accessible through any other medium.