I always wore sneakers when I wanted to. It was always about being comfortable and being myself.

Should I be worried about being a slave and being returned to slavery? Because certain things happened in the Constitution that had to change.

It you want to be somebody, If you want to go some where, you've got to wake up and pay attention

We're dealing with old issues that aren't ours. We carry them and we pass them on to those who come after us. I am hoping to crack some of those.

Now, I've always known that there were bullies in the world. We've seen a lot of it in politics lately as well as in daily life. You see it where people who may be stronger, or bigger, or better with verbiage than other folks... show off. To me, that's what bullying is, showing off. It's saying, I'm better than you, I can take you down. Not just physically, but emotionally.

You don't want to think something might be racist, but it might be, because your gut is telling you it is

If you're not sure how you feel about same-sex marriage, go and meet some of the families and see what they're looking for. Once you take it out of the caricature of what gay people are and what gay marriage is, and put it in the reality of family and what these folks are fighting for, it's really amazing.