When you do an album about Africa, you can't be too superficial.

Your body's just a vehicle, transporting the soul. It's what's inside of people, is beauty to behold.

The victory's found in truth, like innocence found in youth Self defeat is your own dispute

Did you know the pen is stronger than the knife: they can kill you once but they can't kill you twice.

The average man can't prove most of the things that he chooses to speak of, and still won't research and find out the root of the truth that you seek of

Everyone is related to Africa; everyone comes from Africa. We are all distant relatives.

My father has been a voice of encouragement in times of desperation for so many people. But he died when I was so young that, for me, his music has been a way for me to get to know him better.

Poverty breeds a lot of things. When people are desperate and trying to survive, they do drastic things.

We take for granted electricity, water, even concerts. Count your blessings.

Did you know that I exist before the earth and did you know my eyes are windows to the world.

Fear not of evil.. Everyday dem flesh it grow old Changes of the time take the toll.

Storytellers think they're writing for the audience. They're writing, in a way, to hurt the audience.

Thought is metaphoric, and proceeds by comparison, and the metaphors of language derive therefrom.

An idea is nothing more nor less than a new combination of old elements.

Give me twenty-six soldiers of lead and I will conquer the world.

I write about broken people who need other people in order to go on. But those are the only kind of people I know to exist. We are all broken.

I distrust anything that you don't hear.

What's exciting is there's a curtain that divides the audience from this other world. You want to see behind.

Flight is intolerable contradiction.

We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books that are said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or from an unseen world, but directly from life.

Whatever the method, the purpose of quieting the mind is always the same... to step out of you own way and touch a Universal Oneness with all things.