When I was a kid, my first favorite song was probably Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side."

Right now I'm taking a break from hip-hop documentaries. But I would do it if things lined up.

A Tribe Called Quest music was so inclusive, so conscious, it brought such a community together.

Only a genius can play a fool.

I had a boom box, but I didn't go too far with it because I had a really, really big one. It was like the size of a suitcase, and I was just a little kid.

I don't think the subject of a documentary film should be producers on it.

My freestyling ability is nonexistent. I can't even write a verse if I tried to sit anywhere and write one. Being a good rapper is hard to do. I'm a good Rapaport, but that's about it.

Being a good rapper is hard to do. I'm a good Rapaport, but that's about it.

Call it stubborn, call it ignorant, call it what you want, but I don't think I have to join a particular faith or culture or creed or religion just to fit in.

Positive doesn't mean unflawed: It means human and vulnerable. If you make a film and you're portraying the subject with respect, you're gonna do it in an honest way.

When you're playing this bad of a character, it's obviously not reality for someone who's not living that life.

I am grateful for all the goodness of God.

Always happens with men. They promise friendship. They promise to treat you as an equal. In the end, all they want is to possess you.

I have learned to be happy by calming my ego.

Be a peacemaker who values peace and takes peace everywhere you go.

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time then I know it can't be much good.

My parents let me find my way and that's how they supported me the entire way.

There is an increasing gap between academic research and business application. Sometimes the incentives for success in the academic world are not consistent with what it takes to run a company.

I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.

By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth.

When you don't have time to do your job, that's a good indication you're playing the wrong game.