"Everything will be okay in the end. If it`s not okay, than there is always beer"

“There's only one reason we live. It's very simple. To find the creator. That's just my understanding.”

Source : "The idea is to unravel the onion". Interview with Alexis Petridis, www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2003.

“Real elegance is everywhere, especially in the things that don't show.”

“Fighting for social justice is not about leaving the mainstream. It is about being right in the middle of it.”

“And cooking is about balance and harmony.”

“Chess hasn't really influenced my literature. It's true, there's a character in Pigeon Post, an old chess player; but it's more of a wink, a self-portrait and not much more.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“When I put my faith in Jesus Christ as my savior, and I asked him to forgive and to come into my life, and He does - from that moment forward I have established a personal relationship with God that I have to develop, you know, through Bible reading and prayer, and living my life for him.”

“I was really into R&B and stuff like that, so I really wanted to sing like Faith Evans or Mariah Carey. But I definitely don't have the skills to sing like that.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“Playing rock 'n' roll music, it's going to be integrated, but being black you didn't want to go into some neighborhood where you weren't wanted.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net