I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.
You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
And I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can't ask somebody else to stand up for me if I won't stand up for myself. And once you stand up for yourself, you'd be surprised that people say, "Can I be of help?"
We are more alike than unalike.
Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: 'I'm with you kid. Let's go.'
We do the best we can with what we know, and when we know better, we do better.