When I was coming up, a lot of serious jazz players couldn't stand funk.

Atticus Finch is, you know, he was just his whole - the business of his modesty and his ability to see tomorrow and to try to buttress his knowledge of what was coming for his kids was something that I'll never - as a father I'm not able to do.

We're learning a tremendous amount of propaganda from television and the Internet.

I think only now am I at the age where I've forgiven the past enough to say, 'You know what? Slavery was there. Let's talk about it in ways that will help us face tomorrow.

I don't believe in being mean to anyone. I'm a really peaceful person. That's something I get from my family.

I've seen the invention of television and performed on television even before my family owned one.

The most important thing in the world is family and love.

I'm not one of the guys in the league for the fame. I'm here so I can take of my family, my mom, my friends and take care of myself.