Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind.

I'm not a fan of 'Gone With the Wind.' I didn't like the movie. I didn't like the book.

It's very seldom that we see the good of the South. There is a perception that Southerners are racists and everyone else in the nation is 'enlightened.' There is racism everywhere, and there is good everywhere.

Even in my music, I am always searching for big, universal things - ways that you can sort of reach outside the norm of what you are doing.

I don't have one role that I want to play. I guess... I want to be a producer. I want to be an activist. I want to be proactive in bringing about work for men, women, boys, girls, everybody who is good at what they do and deserve a shot at it.

There are enough negative images of Black women out there and I did not want to portray Dorothy Vaughn in any stereotype. I wanted to make sure that her integrity was preserved.

Everything happens when it's supposed to.