It takes courage to push yourself to places you have never been before. . . to test your limits. . . to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to stay tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
I love both my parents dearly.
I wish I could sing. I love singers, but I am way too shy. Scares the hell out of me.
It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because there is nothing to defend.
My love life doesn't stink; it's nonexistent.
I was playing violin for a long time, about 6 years. It takes a while. You need very patient people in your house when you have a violin.
I consider myself a serious musician. Doing a comedy show does not take away from that in any way.
You cannot achieve someone else's goals.
They may want to insist that corporations are people but corporations are certainly not Americans.
I know of no department of natural science more likely to reward a man who goes into it thoroughly than anthropology. There is an immense deal to be done in the science pure and simple, and it is one of those branches of inquiry which brings one into contact with the great problems of humanity in every direction.
People err who think my art comes easily to me. I assure you, dear friend, nobody has devoted so much time and thought to compositions as I. There is not a famous master whose music I have not industriously studied through many times.