I don't believe in fate or destiny. I believe in various degrees of hatred, paranoia, and abandonment. However much of that gets heaped upon you doesn't matter - it's only a matter of how much you can take and what it does to you.

I think that one of the hardest things in the world to be is a black male. I mean everyone hates your guts. White men are afraid of you. White women are afraid of you. The cops hate you. The government wants you dead. Your own people want to shoot you for what you got. You just can't get over it. And even if you are able to get over it you're forced to do it on the white guy's terms.

While I disagree with our presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, I have nothing but respect and admiration for the men and women deployed in these places.

Help me to withstand your beauty as it stands out of reach. Give me the capacity to forget ever having felt your touch.

I mean Black Flag happened. I was lucky. I don't think I could have put together something with one percent of that oomph on my own.

Canadians are often a friendly bunch.

Books are cool, but knowledge without mileage doesn't mean anything to me.