Show a little faith there is magic in the night. You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright, and that's alright with me.

Hey man, did you see that? His body hit the street with such a beautiful thud.

Sister, I won't ask for forgiveness, my sins are all I have.

The different social forces that affected my parents' lives or my friends' lives or I saw around me became essential for me to write about.

Your skin upon my skin, in the beating of our hearts, may the living let us in, before the dead tear us apart.

The first time I heard Bob Dylan, I was in the car with my mother listening to WMCA, and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody'd kicked open the door to your mind.

Mister, I ain't a boy, no I'm a man, and i believe in a promised land.