White middle- and upper-class men have a longer journey to go than many people.

When I am willing, all sound is available to me.

My voice is my instrument. ... It is not in the throat, from where it appears to come. It is in my feet and how they touch the floor, in my legs and how they lift and sink with the rhythm of the song. It is in my hips and belly and lower back.

Poverty without a people's government looks like hopelessness, but to see poverty in organized communities is to see relief-in-progress.

I don't believe in nirvana. If nirvana was handed to us on a silver platter, this would be the first day of our struggle to keep it.

I like this life. I like it when it's hard, and I like it better when it's not, but I know you don't get the sweet part without the bitter.

You just keep feeding hogwash to people, and pretty soon they'll eat it.