There's racism and sexism and ageism and all sorts of idiocies. But bad news is not news. We've had bad news as a species for a long time. We've had slavery and human sacrifice and the holocaust and brutalities of such measure.

I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'.

I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence.

Never whine. Whining lets a brute know that a victim is in the neighborhood.

Every day I awaken I am grateful. My intent is to be totally present in that day. And laugh as much as possible.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

You have to deal with what you encounter. But you must not be reduced. And so a way not to be reduced is don't whine! Don't let the incidents which take place in life bring you low.