I'm still thinking and hoping there's an opportunity for people to have better lives and that significant change can occur.

I meet people in my daily life, people who seem to experience some change and some growth on a personal level, and that gives me hope.

People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not sure what you really want or what you even really need.

Have faith in humankind a respect for what is earthly and an unfaltering belief in peace and understanding

So don't be tempted by the shiny apple Don't you eat of a bitter fruit Hunger only for a taste of justice Hunger only for a world of truth 'Cause all that you have is your soul.

Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings.

Growing up in Cleveland, I learned about singing from my mother, who had once sung professionally and who admired Mahalia Jackson and Aretha Franklin.