What we do in New Orleans, man - we party!

We cannot turn our back and say that violence in films or anything that we do doesn't have a sort of influence. It does.

My worst hair experience was when I was trying to relax my hair and my grandmother did it. It went all straight and I looked like a black Bee Gee.

I never planned to win an Oscar. When I auditioned for Ray, I was just thinking about what a great project it would be.

I think girls have to play a little hard to get because we come with so much bravado.

As black folks we're always sensitive. As a black person it's always racial.

In our music, in our everyday life, there are so many negative things. Why not have something positive and stamp it with blackness?