The Academy Awards for people in Hollywood is like the Super Bowl, the presidential inauguration and winning the NBA championship rolled up into one.

- Cheo Hodari Coker

That's one thing that you notice in New York that you don't notice in LA is how much music is all over the place.

- Cheo Hodari Coker

One of the things that's really the cornerstone of '90s hip-hop is sampling.

- Cheo Hodari Coker

The only thing I can worry about is my swimming pool and keeping the leaves out of my swimming pool. I can't worry about what's happened to my neighb…

- Cheo Hodari Coker

Harlem is filled with moments of history.

- Cheo Hodari Coker

I mean, we should only be talking about the merits of film ["Moonlight"] because one of the great things about the visual language is that it is the …

- Cheo Hodari Coker

I've just never seen a live event [like Oscar] where the emotional swings - it was just stunning.And it was interesting because, on one hand, "Moonli…

- Cheo Hodari Coker

The one thing you'll notice when you're walking through Harlem is every single passing car is playing different music and there's also music that's b…

- Cheo Hodari Coker

You know, "Moonlight" deserves best picture [on Oscar]. What I mean by tarnished is the moment - being able to be in front of all your peers and bein…

- Cheo Hodari Coker