I've got a long-term plan.
Action is the antidote to despair.
Music is the weapon in the war against unhappiness.
Trust is central to an economy that works.
The power to define the situation is the ultimate power.
In a democracy there is a centralization of governmental power in a simple majority.
Religion has certainly been shoved down my throat.
There are fundamentalist psychopaths in every religion in the world. Every single one.
I'm a Christian, but I don't believe in religion or anything like that.
Even at school I studied ethics instead of religion.
Nobody understands another's sorrow, and nobody another's joy.
If you don't ask, you don't get.
So you see, movies are really another dimension.
We shouldn't need riot police at schools.
My role on the planet is to bring the power of sound.
There's a lot of freedom for me living in L.A.
All the freaky people make the beauty of the world.
Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.
There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness, but there is the discovery of joy.
Black history is American history.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
