You can call me namastunde or surfatunde. Either works.

Remember something about attention. Yes, it’s possible to buy, grab, or even steal it. But it’s far better to earn it.

I care about the diversity of the mindset of the people creating our future, and the windows through which we see it, and the tools we use to build it.

There are so many ways to be and to be black at the same time, but we're finally seeing that full range expressed much more widely than before.

Knowing that "me" is inextricably linked to blackness, [I try to enjoy] the process of expanding beyond the expected boundaries set by existing culture, norms and media.

New York has been the best gift, in that the city pushes me to so many next levels.

Mostly I try to be the best example of me that I can be.

I don't know that I'm post-anything. I'd like to think maybe I'm post-bullshit.

Okay, well, if motion is the constant, how can I remain in motion?

As far as hip-hop is concerned, I'm no expert and rarely think consciously about how I "represent" hip-hop.

I am not a yogi yet, but I aspire to have more balance in my life.

You are afraid of me, because I talk like a sphinx.

I see a sea of millions of people going down with their own negative thoughts, going down for the third time in this big sea of iniquity and negativity.

It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

If you're playing any real person, live or dead, you certainly have a responsibility to produce that reputation in some way.

On one hand we go like hell for every terror cell we can find, we penetrate it, we destroy it. On the other hand, there is a much bigger need for a political solution.

Mark Hughes at his very best: he loves to feel people right behind him.

You can build a much more wonderful company on love than you can on fear.

Confidence is the stain they can't wipe off.

Even in the midst of compassion we feel within I know not what tart sweet titillation of malicious pleasure in seeing others suffer; children have the same feeling.

Aim for the top. There is plenty of room there. There are so few at the top it is almost lonely there.