"Light is so essential in both good and bad ways, which is actually what I was looking at with the album, thinking how important the light is for the mind." — Mari Samuelsen, Norwegian violinist, born 1984
"I shall become, I shall become a collector of me. And put meat on my soul." — Sonia Sanchez, American poet, born 1934
"I still hear you humming, Mama. The color of your song calls me home. The color of your words saying, Let her be. She got a right to be different. She gonna stumble on herself one of these days. Just let the child be. And I be, Mama." — Sonia Sanchez, American poet, born 1934
"Come windless invader I am a carnival of Stars, a poem of blood." — Sonia Sanchez, American poet, born 1934
"When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on." — Carl Sandburg, American poet, born 1878
"When motherhood becomes the fruit of a deep yearning, not the result of ignorance or accident, its children will become the foundation of a new race." — Margaret Sanger, American nurse, born 1879
"People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose." — Carlos Santana, Mexican-American musician, born 1947
"Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears with one chord." — Carlos Santana, Mexican-American musician, born 1947
"Your wrinkles either show that you're nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you're always smiling." — Carlos Santana, Mexican-American musician, born 1947
"Live up to your convictions. You walk in grace or you walk in fear. You can't have it both ways." — Carlos Santana, Mexican-American musician, born 1947
"Everything is a battlefield. If you fight with anger, you are part of the problem. If you fight with joy, you're part of the solution." — Carlos Santana, Mexican-American musician, born 1947
"There is divinity in your DNA. Live your light." — Carlos Santana, Mexican-American musician, born 1947