Be careful about gossiping because loose lips really do sink ships.

How do you grow up in the shadow of a guy - I want to talk about the movie in a second - but how do you grow up in the shadow of a guy who really is a legend in his own time?

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

Even in the era of the first black president, racism is still the most intractable issue in USA. Regarding poverty, half of all Americans are either in or near poverty. Poverty is certainly worse for African-Americans now than it was during King's lifetime.

The City of Angels is a microcosm of the world, and so living in L.A. makes me feel like a citizen of the world.

This whole notion of a post racial America was nonsense from the very beginning. It was a bad idea, a bad notion, a bad formulation when it was first raised.

What determines your altitude in life is your attitude.