We are therefore blessed with powerful minds yet at the same time cursed, not only to die, but to know that we must.

God is my safety.

I keep the light and love from my ancestors and let go of the rest.

I am a habitual rule-breaker

I bring you with reverent handsThe books of my numberless dreams.

With slouch and swing around the ringWe trod the Fools’ Parade!We did not care: we knew we wereThe Devils’ Own Brigade:And shaven head and feet of leadMake a merry masquerade.

The Black Power Mixtape is a documentary, first of all. It brings us closer to the voices we heard at that particular point in time.

Grovelling is not a substitute for doing your homework.

Reading musses up my mind.

There isnt a more important issue in the world than global warming. Even the Cold War and the Bay of Pigs crisis were a notional threat.

If I call it pain, and try to touch it With my hands, my own life, It lies still and the music thins, A pulse felt for through garments.