Even though at 17 it was limited, I had a life before Batman..

The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience..

I am not stroppy at all..

You can’t have wasted a life you’ve barely lived..

Say something worth the words..

To be alone is to be free, and freedom was the only happiness accessible to my nature..

I do not sing politics. I merely sing the truth..

Do what is absolutely you and nobody else..

I'm not in any sense anti-Facebook..

When I hit one over, I knew I was good..

We don't really make friends, they make us..

There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts..

I don't belong to anyone..

I fear for the democratic system. And I fear for our liberties. Only a small group of people fights for our liberties. Once we start on the slippery ….

Nothing good comes out of depression..

I observe a lot. I see a lot around me..

When you can't see yourself objectively, you won't see anyone else objectively, either..

The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the white man or bec….

The less seriously you take yourself, the better work you're going to do..

I do consider myself as being French, I suppose..

I'm not cutthroat. I'm Midwestern..