Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math.

I was latching on to something that was part of my heritage, because many of the slaves who were brought here were Moslems.

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

I need about three seats lengthwise to sleep on a plane. It's not easy for me to curl up.

During 1866 and 1922, Native Americans and black soldiers often intermingled in the American west, on the frontier.

I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.

When I was at UCLA, the Harlem Globetrotters offered me a million dollars to come play for them. I turned it down because my education was just as important as playing ball.