Once you appreciate one of your blessings, one of your senses, your sense of hearing, then you begin to respect the sense of seeing and touching and tasting, you learn to respect all the senses.

Have a purpose to your life: Purpose does not mean having a job...You can have a job and still be unfulfilled.

To be angry is very good. It burns out things and leaves nutrients in the soil. You should always be ready to be angry at injustice and cruelty.

The music was my friend, my lover, my family.

On this platform of peace, we can create a language to translate ourselves to ourselves and to each other.

I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'.

Dr. [Martin Luther] King was a human being. He had a sense of humor which was wonderful.