When I'm at the premiere and I see the film in its entirety, I forget plot, I forget the story, I forget what my character goes through, because I really do just let it go.

We come to know who we really are in life during the dark and difficult and desolate days of our journey.

Music is the soundtrack of our lives, it's essential for our lives.

Poverty and wealth inequality are a form of instability into the future.

Capitalism is like a child: if you want the child to grow up free and productive, somebody's got to look over the shoulder of that child.

I don't want the Obama era to be more about symbolism than substance when it comes to black people. I love him, but I love black people even more.

We give you the facts. I told you information is power - knowledge is power. We can't be in an ideological battle to redeem the soul of this country if we don't have the facts.