There wouldn't be a Halle Berry or an Angela Bassett or a Cicely Tyson if there hadn't been a Lena Horne.

I was very adamant about not being called a jazz singer, but now I've embraced it. The way I approach music is through jazz, so I'm a jazz singer.

I like musicians who look at the public. You have to bring the music to the largest number. Otherwise, we'll [the Jazz players] stay in the clubs. Jazz must be accessible to everyone.

God doesn't do notes, either. Did Jesus Christ say, "Can I be excused the Crucifixion?" No!

No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning.

As it is the mark of great minds to say many things in a few words, so it is that of little minds to use many words to say nothing.

For me, the hardest thing was dropping the whole Latino comic title.

Awakening is natural,delusion is not

There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal American who is all wrong.

When I present or speak, I write the slides myself. And regarding time, I would like to be able to publish more than I do.

I think the entire world knows, and North Korea knows, that if they used any weapons on our soldiers they would be obliterated. And it would be an overwhelming response.

I do genre films because I like them, or because I need the money.

I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.