Go and do the things you can't. That is how you get to do them..

I pulled out of making movies in about '96 or '97..

Antiwhite racism is developing in sections of our cities where individuals - some of whom have French nationality - contemptuously designate French p….

Many voted in 2008 with the desire to see racism and racists humiliated by having a qualified black man elected president..

I've written 18 books, mostly dealing with issues of social justice, ending racism, feminism, and cultural criticism..

Smiling is mostly about smiling more..

God is never in a hurry, but he is always on time..

Anytime you’re on the podium, it’s good..

The Dead travel fast..

Just make music; don't talk about politics..

I have learnt more from my failures than my successes..

What you are alone is what you are..

What I do affects others; what others do affects me..

I love to work. I absolutely love to work..

It's about us. It's about trust..

It is you who makes me see what I really am..

Never let the things money can buy, rob you of the things money can't buy..

You've got one go in life, so make the most of it..

So we are grasped by what we cannot grasp..

No one is ever going to be as good as I was.

That feeling of hopelessness and racism has been looming over Detroit ever since I was a kid..