I think everybody likes a person that stands up for themselves. Nobody likes a punk or a coward.

I don't do much cooking, but one of my favorite dishes to eat is my wife's macaroni and cheese.

Cinderella hoein' for the fellas, Mr. Roger was getting kind of jealous.

I did Are We There Yet? because I wanted to do a movie for my fans' kids. Black kids don't really see movies on this budget for them, starring them. And there's so many white kids that love that movie.

With film, I have to be a team player; it's a whole different thing. I can't just be a one-man show. I have to learn how to use people to the best of their ability and motivate them to be as passionate about the project as I am.

Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren't about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that.

I grew up in the seventies and disco was big. That influenced me the most.