I want to give people jobs and put them on great shows. I want to create careers for people.
Aldis HodgeFor me, it was definitely an education in being grateful. And appreciating the civil liberties we have today, the natural liberties we have at home.
Aldis HodgePeople talk about Jim Crow as if it's dead. Jim Crow isn't gone. It's adjusted. Look at the disproportionate sentences meted out to blacks caught up in the criminal justice system. There's a problem when people profit from putting and keeping African Americans in prison. We need to do a better job as a nation understanding the real values the country's built upon in terms of fairness, equality and equal opportunity.
Aldis HodgeI'm always ready and willing to just keep pushing and working and going because it's in my spirit.
Aldis Hodge