If I had to write down the most important people in the history of this planet, No.1 would be (abolitionist) John Brown. Why? Because he's a white man who said he would die for the cause, because they could take him, but they weren't going to take his grandchildren. That brother was beautiful.

Why are black folks singing Amazing Grace which is a song about a white slaver's conversion?

The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.

Revolution ain't nothing but an extent of evolution; Evolution is a fact of nature. So when old folks tell me that they don't understand hip hop and the music is too loud, well I guess it means you're not supposed to be in there.

Wouldn't it be a helluva joke if all this were really burnt cork and you people were being tolerant for nuthin'?

Every holiday on the calendar, I check in a hotel and fast - I don't eat, I don't drink, I don't talk.

When you've got something really good, you don't have to force it on people. They will steal it!