Talk to strangers when the family fails and friends lead you astray when Buddha laughs and Jesus weeps and it turns out God is gay. 'Cause angels and messiahs love can come in many forms: in the hallways of your projects, or the fat girl in your dorm, and when you finally take the time to see what they’re about perhaps you find them lonely or their wisdom trips you out.

The only reason I've been so critical of hip-hop is because I've always been aware of the effect that it has, and the reflection that it gives of the African-American community.

American culture is often so self-consumed that we often think that our problems are just our problems.

You can travel through literature, and you can expand your mind through literature. It's so cheap to buy that kind of ticket.

the greatest Americans have not been born yet they are waiting patiently for the past to die

Some rather seek up high Than dig and grind that inner truth

The most powerful political voices are those with a different way of seeing and processing the world and the sounds that emanate from it.