I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.

When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.

When I traveled through Greece in the '90s, everything [Albert Hoxie] taught me came flooding back and I was able to appreciate the art and culture much more because of him.

Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.

I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way.

I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.

Culture and politics were inseparable [in the Sixties], which gave a soundtrack to political awareness and activism.