Schools should be integrated by race and by class.

I just think she was a wonderful woman. What I think of when I think of Nina [Simone] is someone that I could relate to, who didn't want anything from me, that could relate to me because I didn't want anything from her. It was nice.

Schools should be integrated by race and by class.

A white face goes with a white mind. Occasionally a black face goes with a white mind. Very seldom a white face will have a black mind.

Art offers sanctuary to everyone willing to open their Hearts as well as their Eyes.

Young people coming up who are having difficulty with their so-called celebrity need to get back into their lives. It's your life and you can't let the fact that you do something pretty good take away the joy of it.

I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people.