I am fortunate to have access to an array support and services, and I certainly could not do my job without them. But sadly, not everyone has access to the same resources.

Foster children are disproportionately victims of identity theft.

More guns are not the answer to keeping our kids and our communities safer.

I dont want someone else to go through and live through the life that I have had to live through in terms of the challenges that I face.

I didn’t know what darkness was until I lost you

I go back to where I came from, to where I was before I was born, that’s all.

But you can't extend, or go beyond any point musically, without the basic fundamentals.

There is nothing like a good dose of another woman to make a man appreciate his wife.

Be impatient. All things don't come to those who wait. Push on with what you believe because life is very short.

As the warden of San Quentin, I presided over four executions. After each one, someone on the staff would ask, 'Is the world safer because of what we did tonight?' We knew the answer: No.

There are mountainous, arduous days, up which one takes an infinite time to climb, and downward-sloping days which one can descend at full tilt, singing as one goes.

When I get recognized, every time feels like the first time.

It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.

I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.