If everyone is a product of this society, who will say the things that need to be said, and do the things that need to be done, without compromise? Truth will never start out popular in a world more concerned with marketability than righteousness. It will initially suffer ridicule and even violence - yet ultimately it is undeniable. All of humanity is living in a dream world, but suffering real consequences.

I sit here before you trying to figure out how to pay a tax debt? If that's not like enough to slavery, I don't know.

I had to confront my fears and master my every demonic thought about inferiority, insecurity, or the fear of being black, young, and gifted in this Western culture.

I went to Jamaica for six months, and in Jamaica there was a lot of stillness.

If I never won a Grammy, I would be satisfied, if in fact I could help people. I don't say that because it sounds like something cool to say.

It's more important to be righteous than to be right.

We don't want people to have expectations of us, but then we have expectations of everybody else.