People from here will often say, "I'm not from the United States, I'm from New Orleans."

What drugs haven't destroyed, the war against them has

Eventually, someone is going to pick up a brick.

You have the capacity to change the plotline of your life, even if you've been acting from the same script since before you can remember.

In Baltimore they can't do police work to save their lives. Now because of Freddie Gray they're not even getting out of the car and policing corners - they're on a job slowdown, basically. Right now if the police stopped being brutal, if we got police shooting under control, and the use of excessive force, if we have a meaningful societal response to all that stuff, and the racism that underlies it, the question still remains: what are they policing, and why?

Any music can be healing if it inspires, relaxes, encourages or creates enthusiasm for life in you.

You are worthy of love and you deserve to be happy. You have these beautiful qualities and many more because you are living the gift of a human incarnation. My hope is that you will embrace these truths and your birthright to live a life abundant in love, joy, and celebration.