A Black man voting for the Republicans makes about as much sense as a chicken voting for Col. Sanders.

Everything I am I owe to my faith and secondly to parents who were old school.

My father taught that the only helping hand you're ever going to be able to rely on is the one at the end of your sleeve.

I never got into politics for it to be a career.

I guess probably in my time in politics, it continued to be affirmed to me that the African-American community, despite being subscription television's most valuable customers, they are very underserved by cable and satellite television programming options.

I'm secure in who I am. I don't need the validation of those that would say, you have to be a certain thing in order to be accepted. I'm comfortable going against the grain if I need to.

I do think, however, that there's a very diverse point of view in the African-American community. There's a lot of different voices that need to be heard. I don't claim and pretend to know the thoughts and opinions and ideas of all African-Americans.