I believe the projects were a social experiment; we were laboratory rats stacked on top of each other, and people just knew, inherently, that there was something wrong. There's not a lot of regard for the property by the residents.

Don't look down, it's an impossible view; Fly like an eagle whatever you do.

Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.

We blasted holes in the night until she bled sunshine

I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent.

I dreamt that I could paint you with words, but there were no colors bright enough, black or white enough, blue or green enough...they didn't mean enough

If you're going to do Chuck Berry, you got to, you know, go all out, and the duck walk is just kind of you know, cursory. That's like standing.