"You may include things you believe to be crucial in a design, but those elements are often only crucial to you."

“A man who is ill-adjusted to the world is always on the verge of finding himself. One who is adjusted to the world never finds himself, but gets to be a cabinet minister.”

“Coming out of graduation, I didn't immediately know what direction I wanted to do so I decided to just stay as an intern until it really kind of dawned on me and I felt more compelled one way or the other. So I gave it a few years and then after two years it was really clear that deep down I missed being a full time creative artist. Ironically, I started getting clients who were all in the entertainment industry and a lot of them were in comedy!”

“Our souls need music, Robert, as our bodies need touch.”

Source : Gaelen Foley (2006). “The Duke”, p.181, Ballantine Books

“Your stew, so long deferred, stands finally extra causas. Greet it as your fellow creature. It is as deliciously unnecessary as you are.”

“Women are a key part of the sound of the groups that accompany male singers like Kirk Franklin, Israel Houghton, and myself.”

Source : "Fred Hammond on His New Group United Tenors, and the Return of the Male Gospel Ensemble". Interview with Nakiyah Hayling, www.essence.com. March 23, 2013.

“If you're going to get into big time religion, these are the games you have to play. You go into it as a business and you work it as a business.”

“I wanted to be a writer from my early teenage years, but I never told anyone. Writers, in my opinion, were god-like creatures, and to say I was striving to be a writer would be incredibly arrogant.”

“I'm coming to Washington, D.C., to do the people's work. And the people's work has to do with reducing spending and cutting budgets and, and trying to get a grip on the size of government.”