When I look back I can't believe how my parents managed, but the cliche is true. We didn't have money, but we were rich in so many other ways.

I don't have the slightest desire to speak over my dead brother. It gets on my nerves to always be compared with him. My brother was a magnificent person and an outstanding actor.

How can you work in film and still see the overt racism that exists in film and not just be furious all the time?

I always have the fear that, if I don't commit 100 percent to my work, then it's gonna suffer.

Might I be ridiculous? Might my career in music be laughable? Yeah, that's possible, but that's certainly not my intention.

I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say.

My music is going to be true. I'm not out to sell records. I'm experiencing something, and it's what I feel.