I just said let's get some poets on tv. And when they said that sounded unlikely, I made it worse. I said, no man, I want to put a bunch of black poets on stage, too. Some Latino poets who barely speak English and Asian poets who can't believe how discriminated against they are. It was luck nad being in the right place. I wasn't saying nothing somebody else wasn't saying but they wouldn't hear it from them.

Look at all the billionaires. If I know 15 billionaires, I know 13 unhappy people.

I don't believe that people create their own visions. Rather, I believe that visions are actually God's way of communicating with us.

Quit taking, start giving.

The key ingredient to any kind of happiness or success is to never give less than your best

My idea is to integrate black stars into mainstream stars. It hasn't been explored properly. That's what Im doing in Hollywood.

The emotional attachment you get with a client or the music fan allows you access to do a lot of things.