I dreamt that I could paint you with words, but there were no colors bright enough, black or white enough, blue or green enough...they didn't mean enough

You've got to validate every day. There are those who just put a stamp on it and say, "This is gonna be a good day and I'm not gonna let anything else make it a bad day."

I've been fortunate with my acting career. A lot of scripts come to me. I don't mind auditioning if something that requires that, but I haven't had to in awhile, which is a nice place to be 'cause I've been on quite a lot of auditions in my life.

I give a damn if any fan recalls my legacy, I'm trying to live life in the sight of GOD's memory.

Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records.

Reckless capitalism kills black people.

If 'Life in Marvelous Times' can't get on the radio, then I don't need to be on the radio.