I am not an African. I am an American..

I think my entire songwriting catalog reflects where I was in my life at the time. I capture whatever moment I am experiencing in life..

You have your bad moments in your career and your good moments. And it's been a good ride so far, but it's not over yet..

Inspiration is the gift of those who have experienced life at its most defined moments..

Politics is a highly tribal business..

Every moment is an experience..

No one survives life..

This moment in which you experience stillness is every moment. Don't let the mind seduce you into the past or future. Stay in the moment, and dare to….

Romance makes a radiant sunrise out of every moment..

Charge for something and make more than you spend..

If you push too much for somebody that everyone knows is your friend, and that you've worked with before, it can backfire..

Strength is for service, not status.

We are America; we don't torture. And the moment that is not the case, I want off the train..

A moment's reflection shows that Liberalism is entirely negative. It is not a formative force, but always and only a disintegrating force..

Jacques Rudolph at the moment is using the inside edge as much as the middle of the bat..

I don't pull, I just receive..

I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave..

You can change so many things in your life, but you cannot change where you come from. It's something that you have to deal with: the role everybody ….

Human identity is the most fragile thing that we have, and it's often only found in moments of truth..

I can detach myself from the world. If there is a better world to detach oneself from than the one functioning at the moment I have yet to hear of it..

Faith is the ability to honor stillness at some moments, and at others to ride the passion and exuberance..