I am an artist, art has no color and no sex.

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.

If you don't look out for others, who will look out for you?

If you get a little gassy, you've got to let it go. So people used to say to me, 'You're like a whoopee cushion.'

Taliban-esque: Any behavior that imposes the beliefs of one person on everyone else. Conversations with the Taliban-esque are impossible. They aren't even conversations. With them, it's my way or no way.

The Africans know I'm not an African. I'm an American.

I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done.