Any piece of good music is in essence a love song.
Nearly every black man faces an unacceptable level of violence in this society. I'm not different. Money can shield you; it can protect you. But it doesn't make you white.
I don't say it in a cocky way, but I take pride in being one of the best at doing what I do.
I wouldn't abandon nobody. I would be lying if I said I was just talking to everybody.
I miss my kids sometimes and that can get me down when I've been away working, but then I wake up and recognize how incredibly lucky I am. Spending time being down is less time out there achieving and enjoying.
You have to be somewhat crazy, if you want to be successful.
I'm in the studio 24 hours a day. It's true that once you get a certain level of success, you become a target. Talk magazine should be ashamed of themselves.
Football's another sport I absolutely despise. Along with baseball. Really, for me, basketball's the only real sport, the only one that matters.
Nobody gives you an education. If you want one, you have to take it.
You believe in a book that has sticks turning into snakes, and you say we are the ones that need help?
I never wanted to be a mother, and when I got the show I was really upset. I was like "I'm not sexy anymore!" The more you become a mom, you're not sexy, which of course is crap. But that's the way actors look at it. Of course, that's not true now. But everybody expects you to look differently and act differently.