I can't count the number of people I've talked to over the course of my career who have said to me that the thing that they most regret is the one time they did something just for the money.

If you don't have courage, you can't practice any of the other virtues.

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.

[John Carlos] has spent much of his life since that time as a dedicated human rights advocate and public speaker, and he is out now with a wonderful new text; a memoir, in fact.

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

I still think in this country, and this might surprise you, the one thing that George Bush said as president that I do agree with, I love that phrase, "the soft bigotry of low expectations."

In some states, not even 50 percent of black boys finish high school.