The music aids the message, it's there to punctuate and abbreviate and shape the silence

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.

I think that good writing is based on good reading. Maybe it's not about writing today, maybe it's about reading today. Maybe it's about finding the sort of book you would never read.

Your library teacher would say, "What happens to a generation that doesn't read the Classics?" Me, I'm not your library teacher. But I have some of the same questions and concerns, you know?

Fax me a fact, and I'll telegram a hologram.

Legislation won't necessarily start a riot. But the right song can make someone pick up a chair.

I think that heartbreak is a good thing.