Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing. ' It's a very structured thing that comes down from a tradition and requires a lot of thought and study.
The First Amendment means everything to me.
The humanity of all Americans is diminished when any group is denied rights granted to others.
The civil rights movement didn't begin in Montgomery and it didn't end in the 1960s. It continues on to this very minute.
Good things don't come to those who wait. They come to those who agitate!
Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education.
I tell young people to prepare themselves as best they can for a world that grows more challenging every day-get the best education they can, and couple that education with real-life experience in social justice work.
Managers are trained to make incremental, programmatic improvements. They aren't trained to lead large-scale change.
Having my first number one single and being able to travel to places I've never been before has been amazing. The tour was also fantastic. There are so many things which I've experienced this year which I never even dreamed of.
It is better to die in hope than live in despair.
He loves deep. . . hates hard, ever'thing's that killed what he loves. All great warriors are sich men.