"Possessions make you rich? I don't have that type of richness. My richness is life, forever."

"My father was a white man. I mean, I'm half-white. But me don't stand for no white man. Me don't stand for no black man. Me stand for God."

"None but ourselves can free our minds."

"My father is a white man. My mother is a black woman. I am a half-caste. But I don't see myself as a half-caste. I see myself as a whole man."

"Herb is a plant. Herb is a plant. Wi' no say, 'Look at that tree, it's a herb!' Wi' say, 'Look at that tree, it's a tree!'"