The basic problem with my love relationships with women is that my standards are so high - and they apply equally to both of us. I seek full-blast mutual intensity, fully fledged mutual acceptance, full-blown mutual flourishing, and fully felt peace and joy with each other. This requires a level of physical attraction, personal adoration, and moral admiration that is hard to find.

Courage is being true to yourself, true to a sense of integrity.

You've got to love yourself enough, not only so that others will be able to love you, but that you'll be able to love others.

There ought to be a robust, uninhibited conversation in black America with different black ideological perspectives.

American citizens have been killed abroad by drones with no due process, no accountability, no judicial review.

You can't have a high-quality relationship without time and without trust.

For me, musicians are poets. Beethoven describes himself as a poet of tones, just like Coltrane's a poet of tempo.