The most important person to thank is...my mother. She gave me four golden rules to live by: be a proud black man, take care of your family, make education a priority, and try to do the right thing.

It isn't necessary to seek out adventure. Opening to what is around you will produce the most extraordinary experiences.

We define ourselves by the best that is in us, not the worst that has been done to us.

When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.

Dance is medicine. Movement is potent. Empower yourself with it today.

Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Music my rampart, and my only one.

Providence is but another name for natural law. Natural law itself would go out in a minute if it were not for the divine thought that is behind it.

If you're trying to hide something, you wouldn't keep getting away with it for 10 years. Nobody is that clever.

Acting is like an addiction - once you start, you can't stop.

I love all history because it’s storytelling. But, I will always have a special place in my heart for the Tudor dynasty.

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.