I’m a big fan of history—applying the lessons as well as the joys and sadness. If we pay attention, we would see how we affect each other. In terms of time, we are not that far from one another. If we were to look back a century, it would seem like a long time; but, if we look at it by decades then it’s only 10 years, and by generations it’s only five.

If culture was a railroad, I can see the tracks running from the Spirituals to the Hip Hop Nation.

A lot of people refuse to do things because they don't want to go naked, don't want to go without guarantee. But that's what's got to happen. You go naked until you die.

If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice.

What's the difference between dragging a black man behind a truck in Jasper, Texas, and beating a white boy to death in Wyoming because he's gay?

The nature of tragedy and accident is that we cannot predict.

We are less lonely when we connect. Art is connection.