Nothing is out of our realm, because it has nothing to do with color. As black people, we're not different from anyone else, other than the exterior.

As soon as I finish one thing, there's always something else on the horizon I want to do. I don't have any intention of retiring from anything.

People expect us to be different, but we're not. We're very similar people, and it's because we're so similar and close to each other that we make each other laugh - in fact we make each other laugh more than we make anyone else laugh.

We've got to know our history. We have to be able to bring our children to a place that they can be proud of.

Science of mind teaches you how to realize how much control you have over your own life. It teaches you that we have the ability to change our lives at any point we choose.

Jazz, of course, is our heritage. Jazz is a culture, it's not a fad. It's up to us to see to it that it stays alive.