Broch is an inspiration to us, not only because of what he accomplished, but also because of all that he aimed at and could not attain.

At the end of the day, your fans are the people who support you in and out. And their opinions matter.

I always wanted to be different. I always wanted to be first.

I love the fact that we, as black people, carry our faith with us. We share it and embrace it and love it and talk about it because we talk about everything else and why not that and that was the first impression that I had that really touched me.

I like to have Chinese furniture in my home as a constant and painful reminder of how much has been destroyed in China. The contrast between the beauty of the past and the ugliness of the modern is nowhere sharper than in China.

My father made me who I am. He gave me a basketball and told me to play with the ball, sleep with the ball, dream with the ball. Just don't take it to school. I used it as a pillow, and it never gave me a stiff neck.

I love Janet Jackson.

We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every 10 minutes.

Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came.

I know one thing - if I didn't have TV and theatre and radio, the world would be a much more boring place.

I've got about eight pairs of shoes, and that's it.

I don't want to play a voice.

Exciting cities stay exciting, and boring cities stay boring.

Just because they're going to the gym, a lot of guys wear old T-shirts that look like they've been lying in the closet for 15 years. My workout clothes have to work.

The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.