You've got to make haste while it's still light of day. My godmother used to say, I don't want to rust out, I just want to work out. If you stand still long enough, people will throw dirt on you.

The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic.

I coach young people. I have a group called BTP - Broadway Theatre Project.

You've got to make haste while it's still light of day.

I didn't know who Langston Hughes was till he met me backstage.

Our creator says, 'Here's your birth and here's your death' - and the rest are the things you learn on your journey. This was my experience - and the choice is, I can lay in the misery, or choose to learn from it and move on.

If we plant the right seeds, tomorrow will be better. If you put out good things, then you'll get good things back. That's part of our responsibility as entertainers.