Now ballads, I can mess around and get up on somebody on a ballad. People ain't seen it yet, but I can mess around and get up in there. I've had Ruben Studdard up in my house, Brian McKnight, Tank. Every once in a while I throw down with them.

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.

Nobody wants to hear R&B. It's sad. If you want to be on the radio you got to stay young.

I've been a sports fan all my life, and like most other actors, I'm convinced I could have been a pro athlete if Hollywood hadn't come calling.

All of us black comedians are trying to be mainstream, but you don't want to lose the edge.

I'm bad on Valentine's Day, but even worse on Christmas. I go shopping at nine o'clock on December 24th every year. Nobody else is there. I'm in Toys'R'Us all by myself. I get there five minutes before closing.

Doc Rivers been hoarse since birth