"Does being downtrodden make us spiritual again? WEST: I don't think it's just a matter of the material conditions; it's a matter of the choices that we make."

"We must never allow comfort to compromise our conscience."

"I'm a jazzman, a bluesman, a revolutionary Christian. I'm a mess, but I'm a beautiful mess."

"I'm a revolutionary Christian, a non-Marxist socialist, and a jazz-loving bluesman."

"We must never confuse a moment with a movement."