You only know your spouse in divorce. You only know your friend when you are in need of something. And you only know your siblings when it's time to split an inheritance.
I bargained with Life for a penny, And Life would pay no more, However I pleaded at evening When I counted my scanty store; For Life is a just employer, He gives you what you ask, But once you have set the wages, Why, you must bear the task. I worked for a menial's hire, Only to learn dismayed, That any wage I had asked of Life, Life would have paid.
Jimmy & Lena [pure joy, I love this photo]
Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones, Queensbridge Projects, Queens, NY
Helen Folasade Adu [one of the most beautiful album covers ever]
Eddie Murphy & Halle Berry, Boomerang, 1992 .. they don't make them like they used to
A healthy man has many goals, a sick man only has one
He was killed on April Fools Day by his father with two gun shots, one piercing the heart.
For all in that sleep of death what dreams may come, when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause:
The High Priestess of Soul, Nina Simone, Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon 2/21/33 – 4/21/03 This may be my favorite video of hers. What Happened Miss Simone? Thank you.
When you're born, you look like your parents; when you die, you look like your choices
When you're not changing, you're still choosing, but what you're choosing is something that makes you feel familiar & comfortable. Because the moment you decide to change, it's going to feel uncomfortable, it's going to be immediate
Erica Abi Wright [aka..] Erykah Badu, Baduizm, 1997
by Jay Electronica
I hope the only companionship that finds me is filled with the same feeling that Erykah speaks with about Jay [if he would have only given me this in his lifetime, I might have been ok, thank you]
Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. 1/17/42 – 6/3/16
He was willing to give up what he was put here to do for what he believed in, for that, he will always stand alone for me. I love this photo of him in the wee hours of the day training with friends in London, UK. The greatest of all time, thank you.
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
Kanye Omari West aka Ye – Two powerful performances from Kanye West's 2013 appearance on BBC's Later with Jools Holland, showcasing tracks from the groundbreaking album 'Yeezus'. I sat in a parked car in downtown Providence with a friend when Yeezus released discussing this raucous salvo. He will be discussed in 100 years from now. It is what it is.
4 Questions: 1. Are they kind? 2. Can you tell them everything in your heart? 3. Do they help you become the best version of yourself? 4. Can you imagine yourself having kids with them?
"You know, a knife tearing me apart, a world ending, I don't know, Gal Costa the singer, Gal Costa the terrible woman, the beautiful woman and the bride, the dead woman, the widow, the wonder, it's very difficult to talk about these things, I don't know, Gal always treats me with electric shocks, I arrive to see her and I get carried away by her, I break down for her, I get messed up for her, I don't know, it's always surprising, each time something strange happens, it's as if life were breaking apart, ending, beginning, Gal Costa is very wonderful" [intro translation] 9/26/45 – 11/9/22 Thank you, Gal.
Every relationship is made up of my relationship to myself, as I am with you, and my relationship with you, while I don't lose myself. It's how do I hold on to me and hold on to you and vice versa. How I hold on to you without losing me and how I hold on to myself without losing you.
Federico Fellini 1/20/20 – 10/31/93
Revolutionized cinema with his "Felliniesque" style, which blended fantasy, dreams, and baroque imagery with earthy realism, making his films instantly recognizable. considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, known for masterpieces like "La Dolce Vita," "8½," and "Amarcord." This still from 8½ speaks for itself. Thank you.
Sammy Davis Jr. - Mr. Bojangles
"Mr Show Business" Sammy Davis Jr., born Samuel George Davis Jr. on 12/8/25 in Harlem, NY. He excelled as a singer, dancer, actor, comedian, and musician, starting his career in vaudeville at age three. A member of the "Rat Pack" and used his prominent platform to advocate for racial equality. This is my favorite video of his, talent personified. Thank you.
Your mindset literally creates your ceiling or removes it
Miles & John [Kind of Blue]
Either you can play the hand you're dealt or mourn the one you've lost
Christopher Edwin Breaux aka Frank Ocean [I could have seen him live during the Channel Orange rollout, I still regret it to this day]
Einstein had realized in 1905 that space and time are intimately connected with each other, thus one can think of space and time together as a four dimensional entity called space-time. Time is just as good a dimension as space is, as no matter how you boost yourself through space, you must always move forward through time… If time weren't a dimension with the exact properties it possesses, special relativity would be invalid, and we could not construct space-time to describe our universe
We have to build our own financial infrastructure. It takes all of us to do that, investing in our own, creating our own opportunities
Amílcar Lopes Cabral, 9/12/24 – 1/20/73. He was killed by militants from his own party. Cabral had founded the PAIGC in 1960 to fight for the liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. Thank you.