As you make your way along life's tumultuous highways, it's important to note that you should always carry a map, have plenty of fuel in the tank, and take frequent rest stops.

I really believe things happen as they're supposed to and in the time that they're supposed to.

I prefer doing interviews where people don't have to interpret what you say. I'm going to be real honest.

I was always a closet lover of acting. My mom was very practical. She never, ever restricted our dreams, always told us we could do or be anything. Then I said, 'Maybe I want to be an actor.' And she said, 'Maybe not that.'

Civil rights happened because youth got involved. The youth stood up and helped to break the pattern that their parents had got accustomed to living. The next generation has to take that stand for whatever it is, socially, that they are involved in.

There are moments where you stop living, if you stop changing, and if you stop seeking growth of some sort.

I can't speak for what other artists should do. I can only tell you how I live.