Art in its highest form is art that serves and instructs society and human development.

In the gun game, we are the most hunted. The river of blood that washes the streets of our nation flows mostly from the bodies of our black children.

Colin Powell's committed to come into the house of the master. When Colin Powell dares to suggest something other than what the master wants to hear, he will be turned back out to pasture.

This generosity that has been offered to the United States says very much about the Venezuelan spirit.

As a matter of fact, compromise is what oppression feeds on.

When I go across the country, whether it's Albuquerque, New Mexico, whether it's Birmingham, Alabama or Milwaukee, Wisconsin, there are always forces at play that I choose to relate to and extract inspiration from, and as long as they stay committed to the struggle against poverty, I find a role for myself.

Without compromise repression would be defeated. Just as some cancers feed on hormones, compromise becomes the hormone of oppression.