With Othello, Shakespeare posed this problem of a black man in a white society in the role that he's playing. And Shakespeare gave Othello such dignity - he came not from - as he said - not from hate but from honor, from a sense of his own human dignity. And to me, to my mind, there could be no greater character played.

We ask for nothing that is not ours by right, and herein lies the great moral power of our demand.

I learned that along with the towering achievements of the cultures of ancient Greece and China there stood the culture of Africa, unseen and denied by the imperialist looters of Africa's material wealth.

As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this.

Get them to sing your song and they will want to know who you are.

You know I am an actor, and I have medals for diction.

My future depends mostly upon myself.