pain, pleasure and death are no more than a process for existence. The revolutionary struggle in this process is a doorway open to intelligence

Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.

Passion is the bridge that takes you from pain to change.

I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to better.

At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.

Can one invent verbs? I want to tell you one: I sky you, so my wings extend so large to love you without measure.

I am that clumsy human, always loving, loving, loving. And loving. And never leaving.

I wanted to tell you that my whole being opened for you. Since I fell in love with you everything is transformed and is full of beauty... love is like an aroma, like a current, like rain.

Sexism and racism are parallel problems. You can compare them in some ways, but they're not at all the same. But they're both symptoms inside the white male power structure.

Take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are a bourbon biscuit.

I drank to drown my sorrows, but the damned things learned how to swim.

An honest man is always a child.

...remember that the danger that is most to be feared is never the danger we are most afraid of.

No other place can so convincingly claim to be the capital of capitalism, the capital of the 20th century and the capital of the world.

All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.

Good deeds, when concealed, are the most admirable.

The road conditions are so variable here, there is ice, snow and everything in between. But a podium finish is a definite possibility if we stay smooth and adjust to the slippery conditions.

When one person is having a low energy day, the other can step it up. There's a collective amount of energy, and we're each on different levels each day.

There are ten commandments, right? Well, it's like an exam. You get eight out of ten, you're just about top of the class.

I'm really just concentrating on making good music, whether it's using a sample or doing an original track.

It's a wonderful feeling that I get a chance to play with some of the best players in the world.