Hip-hop took some lessons from rock 'n' roll, and rock 'n' roll took some lessons from hip-hop.

I think people instinctively know that their job is to give service and that they are part of a community. It had a great impact on me when my father walked the picket lines and I walked with him during the civil rights movement.

People will always blame the poets for society's ills. But these are the true artists.

What holds most people back isn't the quality of their ideas, but their lack of faith in themselves.

Unconscious behavior is at the core. Think of the 40 billion animals we abuse and eat who are born into suffering. It's a karmic disaster.

I'm just suggesting that when you're faced with fear and anxiety, don't medicate. Meditate instead.

What I would do to change this planet is have everyone meditate and look inside. Then we'd have a happier, more service-oriented, less-needy world.