We are our brothers keeper. Its going to be up to all of us.

I'll keep peace at all cost, even if I choke to death on my tongue.

Well what I would really like is a bunch of little n***ers to wear long-sleeve white shirts, black shorts and black bow ties. You know, in the Shirley Temple days, they used to tap dance around. Now, that would be a true Southern wedding wouldn't it? But we can't do that because the media would be on me about that.

I feel like 'embattled' or 'disgraced' will always follow my name. It's like that black football player who recently came out.

You can have diabetes and have a piece of cake. You cannot have diabetes and eat a whole cake.

You know, not everybody can afford to pay $58 for prime rib or $650 for a bottle of wine. My friends and I cook for regular families who worry about feeding their kids and paying the bills.

There was one thing my daddy wouldn't tolerate in any shape, form or fashion, and that was being unkind or rude to somebody. That was just very important to my folks. And as it turns out, that was a legacy that he left me that money can't buy, is how to be able to treat people.