You will not be satisfied unless you are contributing something to or for the benefit of others.
Black culture has been a huge influence in my life.
People ask me what my greatest strengths are and I say perspective. The best way to get that is to meet people that are polar opposites; you learn the most from them. There are pieces of you that are inherently yours, but everything else is a collection of the things you’ve seen and the people you’ve met.
People talk about perfect timing, but I think everything is perfect in its moment; you just want to capture that.
I wanted to inspire people not to work under a bamboo ceiling. Whatever you are - yellow, black, white, brown - you don't have to allow your skin to define who you are or how you operate your business. There's not one face to anything.
Not only was I not white, to many people I wasn’t Asian either
There is a lot of food culture that goes on in the home and in the community in non-traditional ways. Food is a lot more than restaurants.
Many people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honor.
Don't be afraid to put anything on paper because the best art has some element of danger to it and if you hold back then people will kind of be able to tell that you're trying to be something you're not.
The body is the vehicle, consciousness the driver. Yoga is the path, and the chakras are the map.
The rules are all wrong today. The mandate of the media really does pre-date the founding of the United States.