My mother once said, "A beggar must always give to another beggar that's worse off than he is." That has always stuck with me.

I have been trying to create a campaign to have our country make an apology for slavery, for the way that blacks were treated before the Civil War and after the Civil War.

The older you get, the more awards you get. So, if you live long enough, then you get all the awards eventually.

The best wine comes from home, wherever it is.

My mother, we were a very poor family. When I was a kid, we would be in our little room, and there would be a knock on the door almost every night with a hobo begging for food. Even though we didn't even have enough to eat, my mother always found something to give them.

My mother once said, "A beggar must always give to another beggar that's worse off than he is." That has always stuck with me.

Being seventy has its advantages. I was outspoken before, but now what have I got to keep quiet about?