It's happening right now... it's just not on film, it's not being recorded.

As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up anger. Peace is more productive.

I realize I will always be the poster child for police brutality, but I can try to use that as a positive force for healing and restraint.

I saw my hometown burning that day.

Why can't we all just get along?

I don't see how you can grow as a world without being able to get along with people. So many people is hating out there and it's not making a difference.

Waking up sober is a good day. I love being able to wake up and do positive things, to go to the gym.

Anybody can get bigheaded once they know the seat cannot be pulled out from under them.

What I've learned to do is arrest my addiction - arrest it myself, so I don't get arrested.

I'm a religious person. I remember my mom told me: 'Vengeance belongs to God. It's up to him to wreak vengeance.' It's hard for me to get to that point, but that's the work of God.

I know and value what it means to wake up and be alive and to share my story. I'm so blessed to be here and to be able to talk about it.

You decide every moment of every day who you are and what you believe in.The good news is you get another chance to improve in another second.

I don't think of myself as a jazz musician but a medicine man.

The theater is magical and addictive.

I find that fencing and training give me more stamina and help me deal with the craziness of being on the road so much.

I have a lot on my mind and not a lot to do so it's going to come out, all of it, and then, then, it may begin to make a sort of sense

The big new development in my life is, when I turned 80, I decided I no longer have to do four pages a day. For me, it's like retiring.

What we seek is what we are.

We do not want to just define issues; we want to help to create solutions

I don't want to live your dream. That's your dream. Go ahead and do it. But it's not mine.

A pile of bills and statements - whether paid or not - is a sign that someone is clueless about what's coming in and going out.