Being Engaged With Life. One Has To

It's Just An Inch From Me To You Depending On What Map You Use.

I Was Turning 20 During My First Record. Those Decade Birthdays Always Kind Of Cause Me, It Seems, To Reflect, Look Back, And Then Look Forward. I Just Was Closing This Period Of My Life Where I Was Living In A Car And Scrambling My Whole Life To Then Signing A Six-record Deal With Atlantic.

The Things You Fear Are Undefeatable, Not By Their Nature, But By Your Approach.

Optimism Is A Choice. Cynicism Isn't Smarter - It's Just Safer.

We Must Never Lose Sight Of The Fact That We Must Take Part In The Development, Not Only Of Ourselves But Of All Humanity... I Want You To Understand That There Never Was Or Has Been Or Will Be, In The Minds Of The Founders, Including Myself, The Thought Of Any Reward Any Notice Coming To Us For This Experiment In Brotherly Cooperation And Comradeship, Which We Initiated And Which Has Developed, Not Necessarily Because Of Any Efforts Of Ours, Into One Of The Best Regarded Organizations In The Negro Collegiate World.