It could be Grammy night, Oscar night, whatever - I don't feel the pressure to be there.

Waking up in TRUTH is so much better than living in a lie.

What an honor it was to step into the shoes of Nelson Mandela and portray a man who defied odds, broke down barriers, and championed human rights before the eyes of the world.

I want to go to Sierra Leone with something - whether it's some sort of contribution to healthcare, or to the entertainment industry. My cousin is a nurse; we are talking about opening a clinic.

I'm never shaken or stirred.

My Father always told me that a fool at 40 is a fool for life.

I was always a real athletic kid. Then when I got older, I just figured it was part of life to keep training.

The less I talk about being black, the better.

I've been DJing mostly, and most DJs end up producing. That's just me.

I knew that if I wanted to be all I could be, I would have to go to the US. It took three years to get the accent right.

I'm tactile, very tactile. A woman who has really nice, looked-after skin is such a turn-on for me. It's always sexy.

Some women become reckless with the fire, some find every way to put it out and rise above with the ashes left behind.

If you're interested in the door to the heavens opening, start with the door to your own secret self.

Everyone who works in the domain of fiction is a bit crazy. The problem is to render this craziness interesting.

There were ten dancers - four guys and six girls - including me, on the Beyonce tour. Sometimes we would go out with her, to events. She was really normal - just like everybody else!

It's unbelievable how many things I've learned from Merlin Olsen.

It is never a good sign when the most exciting thing on television is a dancing Republican.

Novels begin, not on the page, but in meditation and day-dreaming - In thinking, not writing.

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget that the human capacity for aggression is more than a monstrous defect, that it is also a crucial survival tool.

Swag defines an artist, period. Lil Wayne has his super-tattooed pierces and dreads swag. Jay-Z has his New York, grown man, Beyonce and 40/40 Club swag.

The attributes of God tell us what He is and who He is.