A certain administration which I won't call by name took the arts out of the schools, and that left the brothers out on the street with nothing, so they went to the turntables and started rhyming. Then they had a way to express themselves, and that's the birth of hip-hop.

I always keep my head down, working, doing things, moving forward. That's what I've done all my life. Then you stop and realize what you've done.

There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins. Religious beliefs are sacred to people and at all times should be respected and honored. As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices.

Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honoured.

When my agent told me he had a voice-over job I thought it was a Disney thing.

Self-expression is always a right, but its still not there to be abused.

I don't sit back and count up what I've done. There's just always something else to do. There's always a challenge ahead.