There's always something we can complain about. We're all one. Things could always be better, but things could always be worse.

We've got to know our history. We have to be able to bring our children to a place that they can be proud of.

Jazz, of course, is our heritage. Jazz is a culture, it's not a fad. It's up to us to see to it that it stays alive.

Everything must change and you do what you can with the changes that are made. You can't stop it. You can't fight it. Everybody tries to go back to yesterday, but you can't go back to yesterday. The only time there is, is now.

Nothing is out of our realm, because it has nothing to do with color. As black people, we're not different from anyone else, other than the exterior.

I'll tell you, I'm loving everything Betty White's doing. She's 90!

I never thought I was a great mom. I always worked. I fell in love with my children as they got older.