“I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.”

I love theology and some philosophy.

First and foremost, that I will, obviously, be the president of all the people, as opposed to one segment.

I’ve seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.

White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.

I think that what we want to do as we continue to move forward is look at the various points that have been made.

People in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.

My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy.

Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.

John Lewis we all know was beaten terribly, almost to an inch of his life, opened doors that will never be closed, although there are forces that are attempting to close those doors.

People have this picture like I’m sitting up in bed at night with a walkie-talkie. “You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…

So (if) some cracker come and tell you ‘Well, my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,’ you better hold your pocket.

You deal with their balance over the long run.

The congressman happens to represent me. And while there are always more things that we can do in every community, this is a very diverse district with all kinds of wonderful things.

President Obama telling Americans not to panic in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.

I’ve never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.

I’m willing to make some sacrifices.” And I think that they ought to be respected for doing that.

The 1990s were also when a bunch of the soft-shoe language for race, gender, and class became paramount.

The danger is that if you have a bunch of ideas that you forget to use.

I made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.

You have the unenviable choice between being dropped off last or being dropped off first and having a bunch of losers who can’t afford cab fare and have no friends or loved ones with cars knowing exactly where you live.

I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.

There’s a bunch of songs that I call B-sides on the record that you could argue could maybe have some potential commercial success with another artist, but for me, they just felt really whack.

Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.

We artists are a different breed of people. We’re a happy bunch.