Every human being is a raindrop. And when enough of the raindrops become clear and coherent they then become the power of the storm.

In the society of illusion, reality must manifest itself. The story songs of Joel Rafael are that manifestation... the essence of minstrel.

As human beings, we're given intelligence. This is how we make our way through this reality, how we manifest our reality clearly and coherently.

It’s like there is this predator energy on this planet, and this predator energy feeds on the essence of the spirit.

We use our intelligence, our creative intelligence, because we create with intelligence.

When I go around in America and I see the bulk of the white people, they do not feel oppressed; they feel powerless... and we understand the psychological genocide that they have already inflicted upon their own people.

We’re not Indians and we’re not Native Americans. We’re older than both concepts. We’re the people, we’re the human beings.