"A lot of folk who have lost faith in God it's a very healthy thing because the God they lost faith in was probably an idol anyway."

"Justice is not a thing, it's a practice."

"The greatest danger is not to fail, but to not try."

"I'm a jazzman in the life of the mind. I'm a bluesman in the world of ideas. I'm a participant."

"We live in a moment where we have neoliberal policies and militaristic policies and surveillance state policies that are all connected."