When kids don't learn about their own heritage in school, they just don't care about school... But you won't see it in the history books unless we get the power to write our own history and tell our story ourselves.

Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.

You ever hear Buddy Miles play the drums? You know, he doesn't vary the tempo at all.

My future starts when I wake up every morning.

Lionel [Richie] said, "Yeah, I learned chords and stuff playin' against your albums."

I'm not messing around with nobody's woman. If I want a woman I go get her - you know what I mean?

A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.