People respect us, they love us and they're entertained by us, so it's like when you trust somebody on that level, it's a lot easier to speak some real knowledge into their minds.

I've worked so hard to just be my full self and God has just validated me in so many ways.

I feel responsible to know what I'm talking about and to actually express myself the way I choose. We have to put those messages on a global platform period. That, to me, is inspiring.

I really got attracted to the idea of touching so many people and that idea of art transcending entertainment and art and activism being synonymous.

I just owe it to myself, to God and to everybody who supports me and people who don't even know me yet, to just be fully intentional and authentically real with everything I do, say and create.

I try to be as intentional as possible.

As a young, Black man, I absolutely feel responsible.

Everyone has a platform, so if we could just use that and combine what we have and know -we talk about it in private - we might as well talk about it [publicly] together.

I think that's really the allure of acting for me. I really want to connect with people.

I really wanted to be a part of that movement or better yet create that movement.

I started in this industry [television] as a kid doing commercials. Ever since I was introduced to it, I loved it.

The power of the harasser, the abuser, the rapist depends above all on the silence of women.

Showing STRENGTH doesn't mean we have to fight a battle...Sometimes it's far better to WALK AWAY from all the nonsense and those who indulge in it

She simply converted an average face into beautiful face and a beautiful face into an angelic face.

People need to have "the dignity of risk" and "the right to fail".

We know the "great men" and a handful of heavily cited papers in our specialization. When there is a historical frame around a paper it's often a caricature that has become canonical.

Be who you are. Find your own voice. Lead from the heart

But the Danzig unreleased stuff will be either a single or a double CD.

If I had my own Neverland it would probably be the coolest place in the world. You could do anything you want there. There would be trees everywhere.

Biggest lesson I've ever had in life is that blues had a baby and they named it rock 'n' roll.

I have a lot of actors I want to work with; Brad Pitt, Keanu Reeves, and Uma Thurman.