President [Barack] Obama is a man who had certain advantages because of the civil rights movement.

We have to be that wedge that drives the question and asks the hard questions

The Black Power Mixtape is a documentary, first of all. It brings us closer to the voices we heard at that particular point in time.

I didn't elect [Barack] Obama because he's a black; I voted for Obama because he was the right person at the time.

Did you know a child is orphaned by AIDS every 15 seconds. Millions of children are going it alone. Missing their childhood. Missing their mother. Missing their father. AIDS is devastating families around the globe. Children are missing your support. Unite for children. Unite against AIDS.

What he [Barack Obama] does to change the world - that's what's important.

Art is about the dynamics of the human experience.