There's an economy of violence. It's sexy. It's being exploited.

True power is the power to empower others.

Our visual and musical artists have no incentive to be educated. So what we get is a bunch of uneducated artists inspiring misinformation, miseducation and illiteracy.

I don't think that we should look to celebrities to solve problems that are on our end of the street.

Real artists offer authenticity, not just money.

There's a duty and an obligation to community that we must teach our children to honor no matter how far they go. Life is like baseball: You only score when you leave home and return home.

New York is the financial capital of the world. Everything moves so fast, and the music is fast, and some of it is for money.

When I think about a Chicago sound, I think about the Great Migration from the South. Many of Chicago's black artists are from Mississippi, Arkansas, and with them was brought blues and gospel music.

But when you look - and Chicago's not the only - you go to Ferguson, you go to so many different places. You need better relationships. I agree with Secretary [Hillary] Clinton on this.

He who is in evil, is also in the punishment of evil.

Drinking is bad taste but tastes good.

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

Tennis is best of three sets, so even if I lose the first set, I still have a chance.

Our justification hinges on a risen life, present in us now because Christ is present with us now.

I'm confident of what I have to achieve in the buildup to London 2012.

I'm probably the most pessimistic actor I know. I'm always sure I'll never work again.

One that would peep and botanize Upon his mother's grave.