There are some things we do simply because the doing is a success.

I'm an old storyteller. I tell the story. It's about the story.

God knows it's a sign of a really sick mind to see grown people, adults with responsibilities, wearing class rings.

And you will understand all too soon That you, my children of battle, are your heroes

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

I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people.

Life is a process where people mix and match, fall apart and come back together.