When a rap song glorifies violence, death and sadness and loss is inflicted because of the violence.

If ISIS represents Islam, then the KKK represents Christianity

Actor Mike Warren [was my former teammate], who was in Hill Street Blues. There are more, but it's starting to sound like a team reunion at Red Lobster. They were a great bunch of guys and we accomplished a lot together. That's something you don't forget.

Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed.

When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of the Harlem Renaissance, a time when African-Americans rose to prominence in American culture. For the first time, they were taken seriously as artists, musicians, writers, athletes, and as political thinkers.

When a rap song glorifies violence, death and sadness and loss is inflicted because of the violence.

I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.