What's wrong with hip-hop is the system that controls the definition of it. There needs to be more balance on the airwaves.

Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to elevate consciousness.

I think that the heart is a lot like those wonderful fruit, like coconut and mangoes, you know, you have to break the skin, you have to break it open to get to the good part.

she stuck a bookmark in my heart and walked away

If we're gonna progress as a people we are going to realise that, as one of my favourite poets says, the other is a lie. There are no other people. Race is a social construct.

Sometimes our thoughts and feelings are our most prized possessions... and then there are times to let go of your possessions and wander.

I surrendered my beliefs and found myself at the tree of life injecting my story into the veins of leaves only to find that stories like forests are subject to seasons

There is nothing more negligent than attempting to address a problem one finds on a branch than by censoring the leaves.

I think that good writing is based on good reading. Maybe it's not about writing today, maybe it's about reading today. Maybe it's about finding the sort of book you would never read.

I dance for no reason, for reasons you can't dance, Call me an activist of intellectualized circumstance You can't learn my steps until you unlearn your thoughts Spirit, soul, can't be store-bought.

My love is my soul's imagination. How do I love you? Imagine.

No truth, no equality. No equality, no justice. No justice, no peace. No peace, no love. No love, only darkness.

Love sought is good but given unsought is better.

Love men and women not for their strength but their softness, not for their fullness but their hunger, not for their plenty but their need.

It will be the people with the greatest love, not the most information, who will influence us to change.

If you don't like someone's story, write your own.

A great country cannot wage a little war.

Baseball is a game played by idiots for morons.

I don’t like to talk to people, because I can’t express myself satisfactorily. I don’t say the things I mean.

I aim to be translucent, so you don't notice the words, just their meaning. I haven't much insight into people's motivations.

Listen carefully to the feedback your readers give you. Dont write unless people want you to write, a lot of people write just because they want to write.