In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal profession. I read about Lincoln and that he believed the law to be the most difficult of professions.

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.

Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade.

I remember being infuriated from the top of my head to the tip of my toes the first time a screen was put around Bob Carter and me on a train leaving Washington in the 1940s.

Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down.

There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us.

I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.

When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea

Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both.

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students.

When I cannot understand my Father's leading, And it seems to be but hard and cruel fate, Still I hear that gentle whisper ever pleading, God is working, God is faithful-Only wait.

Currently I'm working with Parker Fly on a new Midi guitar to arrive next year.

They call me racist too just because I disagree with a President who happens to be black. You are not racists - you are patriots.

Well, you know, Pudge Rodriguez, obviously is as good as it gets.

In my next life I want to be a pessimist. Then other people could spend all their time cheering me up.

There's always elements of danger in New York but people are always out on the street. I don't feel scared there at all.

When I go to the beach, even the tide won't come in.

It is painful to talk about it, but even with its 110,000 elite soldiers, the Soviet Union never managed to gain control over the entire Afghan territory.

I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.

Damien is a friend. Their boy-girl Lego doesn't click, he would say.