He revolutionized music videos. Before Michael Jackson, MTV refused to play African-American artists.

I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me, the most important thing is to be truthful.

I'm not the go-to guy. Everybody is trying to tell their story and have different ways of telling it.

I always give the example, if you turn on the radio today, black radio, Lenny Kravitz is not black. Bob Marley wasn't black: in the beginning, only white college stations played Bob Marley.

Most human beings will not stand in front of a stage and tell you about the bad things they did.

Power is knowing your past.

He revolutionized music videos. Before Michael Jackson, MTV refused to play African-American artists.