I think that when the education system started to be dismantled during the first Great Depression in the 1930s, we didn't recover from that.

The musicians, Duke Ellington, his thing was not about separating himself from the rest of America. Louis Armstrong - go to the forefathers of our music - Jelly Roll Morton - they're not preaching a separatist agenda. They're not taking their music and saying, "This is for me."

When I say "our," I definitely mean all of America. It's not less pertinent for you because it comes from a Black person, just like a great achievement by an Anglo American is less important.

Only a few act - the rest of us reap the benefits of their risk.

It was Dr. King's tireless activism that fostered our modern way of relating to one another.

The young very seldom lead anything in our country today. It's been quite some time since a younger generation pushed an older one to a higher standard.

There is an idea that a mind is wasted on the arts unless it makes you good in math or science. There is some evidence that the arts might help you in math and science.