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.

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

Dave Chappelle asked me to come do his show. I read the script, and I said, 'Has he lost his mind?'

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.

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

You cheat yourself when you don't do what it is you're supposed to do. You have an obligation to learn everything that you can.

After 20 years of doing comedy, I find dramatic work more challenging.