Our bones, flesh and blood are made up of the metals, liquids and minerals of the earth and everything on this planet is made up of the same things. As humans we have being, so everything on the earth does too in our culture, because we are made of the same thing.

Everything that has ever happened to us is there to make us stronger.

I've gone through most of my life not believing anything. Either I know or I don't know, or I think.

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

As human beings we're living in a reality of industrial madness.

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

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