Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. Its how we deal with life, love, death, birth, disappointment... all of that is expressed in culture.

That is the heart and soul of the American dream, homeownership, the idea of being able to buy a house and start to build your family.

We don't eat to live, we live to eat because that's a part of the creativity of the day.

The people of Baltimore are great. I love Baltimore. What I looked forward to, every year, was getting a new apartment in a different part of town and hanging out. People started to see you in the character that you were, so everyone thought I was real police.

And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on.

Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.

I went to Beijing for the Olympics and was literally right across the track from Usain Bolt. And when he gets to full stride, for every two steps the other guy's taking, he's just taking one.