I not only think that they (U.S. leaders) are misguided, but I think they know exactly what they are doing and I think that they are men who are possessed of evil.

Each and every one of you has the power, the will and the capacity to make a difference in the world in which you live in

Artists are the gatekeepers of truth. We are civilization’s anchor. We are the compass for humanity’s conscience.

In the gun game, we are the most hunted. The river of blood that washes the streets of our nation flows mostly from the bodies of our black children.

I am who I am despite what America has put before me. I am who I am despite the obstacles that we have all faced based upon race and based upon social and spiritual humiliation.

You can cage the singer but not the song.

Art in its highest form is art that serves and instructs society and human development.

Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.

These children and their parents know that getting an education is not only their right, but a passport to a better future - for the children and for the country.

We've come to this dark time in which the new Gestapo of Homeland Security lurks here, where citizens are having their rights suspended.

Where is the raised voice of black America? Why are we mute?

A wound on Heart is something that can not be treated by any medicine, but can be treated by sweet words.

Compassion‬ is medicine to a wounded heart. When we show compassion to those who are suffering we preach Jesus in another way.

Hope and Happiness Hope is grief's best music.

I've spent too much time giving speeches, traveling the world.

Privilege is when you think that something's not a problem because it's not a problem for you personally.

Acting is the only thing I ever really wanted to do, and I'm really ill-prepared to do anything else.

Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.

No one is anything but a shade of grey. It's good people making bad choices.

A university is not, thank heavens, a place for vocational instruction, it has nothing to do with training for a working life and career, it is a place for education, something quite different.

Sometimes experience trumps assumption.