No matter how rich you are, you cannot transport yourself to the future or the past.

Your purpose is to act on the resources God gives you. If God gives you a bucket of fish, you have to distribute those fish. If you don't, they're going to rot, attract a bunch of flies, and start stinking up your soul.

That really is the best part of being a dad. You remember what's important in life.

I think people instinctively know that their job is to give service and that they are part of a community. It had a great impact on me when my father walked the picket lines and I walked with him during the civil rights movement.

Donald Trump's not politically correct. Although you are running for president, you should be politically correct. But there is also the expression of an artist.

If you don't break a hole through the brick wall, don't just start digging a new hole. Keep going until you break through that wall.

The difference between blues, jazz, rock n' roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It's scarier to look at poor people; it makes everyone uncomfortable. Their pain is something that people would like to see swept under the rug.