“I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it.” — Kanye West Quote

“I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it.”

“The dinosaurs aren't remembered for much more than their bones. When humanity's gone, what do we give to this little planet that we're on, and what could we do collectively, removing the pride?”

“Sometimes we be playing the politics too much and forget who we are just to win.”

“Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.”

“The concept of commercialism in the fashion and art world is looked down upon. You know, just to think, 'What amount of creativity does it take to make something that masses of people like?' And, 'How does creativity apply across the board?'”

“It's funny because I've made a living off of words, but words get in the way of what you really want to say.”

“When you limit the word 'jazz' to one period of history, for the people who love that period, then maybe it can be dead because nobody plays like that anymore. But jazz is progressive music; it always has to progress, and musicians always have to find new landscapes and new ways to speak out, so of course it's always changing.”

“I start with the history, and I ask myself, 'What are the great turning points? What are the big dramatic scenes that are essential to telling the story?'”

“All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.”

“I'm focused on being the best, making history.”

“I think, in history, we often see a false representation of women. The men are always the successors and, supposedly, of their own merit, which I don't believe to be to true.”

“Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.”