You make a choice in your life, and it affects your life in all the ways, good and bad.

I'm pretty good at taking accountability now, and I never did anything to deserve that. It was a really lousy thing for her to do.

What is being black? It's making the most of your life, not taking a single moment for granted. Taking something that's seen as a struggle and making it work for you, or you'll die inside. Not to say that my struggle is like the collective struggle of black America. But maybe my struggle is similar to one black dude's.

Anybody who's made it will tell you, you can make it. Anyone who hasn't made it will tell you, you can't

My life's a sequel to a movie where the actors' names have changed.

I've learned to appreciate everything that has been given to me.

What I've learned in my life, it's a very interesting social study for me, to go back and forth between being the guy at home and being the guy on the road and being the guy in studio and being the guy in the interview. The environment around you has so much to do with your character, and when I'm home, my character really changes quite a bit.