I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.

Life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values.

I can't see how an unarmed man rejecting a drug deal ended up dead.

My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.

I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.

You can't get a solution if you won't talk to the people that have the problem. You can't ever have healing if the patient is left out of the operation room.

James Brown lives, as long as someone steps out of their body and dances uncontrollably.