Think black love, think universal love. Just think love.

In my life the most influential people are people who are sort of brought to me, as opposed to people I seek out.

My mother gave me a piece of bread, which was love and encouragement. The correction was the meat, the substance. And then she would sandwich that, sandwich that with another piece of bread, which was love and encouragement. That was very important in shaping and molding our morality, our understanding of ourselves, making sure that we didn’t think we were better than or less than anyone, feeling no more worthy or no less worthy than anyone else.

My concept of successful living is escaping the matrix.

I was very confused. I didn't understand the difference between rebellion against God and rebellion against the system that's not God.

And deep in my heart. The answer, it was in me. And I made up my mind. To define my own destiny

Once you compromise yourself in one way, you compromise yourself in another way. And you've just opened the door to compromise, mediocrity, settling.