The most dangerous thing in American society is a self-respecting and self-loving black person, because they're on the road to freedom and that means they're gonna run up against the powers that be.

Hey, you got something going here. I think we've got a chance for some progressive policy that actually focuses on poor and working people.

Rap is just a movement within the larger culture of hip-hop.

We will not allow this day of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial to go without somebody going to jail.

It takes tremendous discipline, takes tremendous courage, to think for yourself, to examine yourself.

You can't talk about truth unless you talk about yourself.

I take my fundamental cue from John Coltrane that says there must be a priority of integrity, honesty, decency, and mastery of craft.