For all the ghosts and corpses that shall never know the breath of our children so long for the sacrifice and endurance of our mothers and the sustained breath of our fathers we live

I used to have weird practices in crowded used-book stores in New York where I'd go in and just stomp my foot and see what fell from the shelf. And of course, because it's an unexpected encounter, there's always some magic that comes from it.

she kissed as if she, alone, could forge the signature of the sun

The organization of self, and all self-aligning principles would be those that I promote.

the anchor man thrown overboard has simply rooted us in history's repeating cycle

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

I have a very family-like connection to hip-hop, which is why it frustrates me so much.