I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.

I find Jesse Jackson to be religiously, progressively old fashioned.

My husband believes that he can make a difference. He loves people.

I know my brother. Michael, he's not that kind of person. He doesn't do that. That's all a lie on him.

I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.

Jesse Jackson, when I met him, he had an innocence about him which is still very much a part of him today.

One thing of the many things that I know about Jesse Jackson, he is persistent.

Dancing is moving to the music without stepping on anyones toes pretty much the same as life.

Fairness is not the end result, it's the opportunity. And everybody in America today has the opportunity to get ahead.

The Olympics is about letting people believe in their own dreams.

He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.

My mom used to ask me when I was gonna write a happy song. I still tell her that it's when I start to write really happy-sounding songs that everyone needs to start worrying.

Honestly, this face of mine will always be familiar to people. It's that unique quality, man. If it's a dark and crowded room, people are just able to point me out. I think I'll always be famous. I just hope I don't become infamous.

Of course Id like children. But I have to get over my impression that being pregnant is like popping corn. You expand and expand until you pop.

The word 'star' doesn't mean an awful lot to me. 'Good actor' and having the respect of one's peers means more.

My wife just let me know I'm about to become a father for the first time. The bad news is we already have two kids.

That's the very essence of pork barrelism, when you give a huge lump sum to a person and say, 'Well, tell us what you want it for, but you are free to decide where to spend it on.'

I'd call myself the mediator. I kind of just float around and do my own thing. I'm kind of chilled out, laid back.

There are people out there who hate me and who say I'm arrogant, vain, and whatever. That's all part of my success. I am made to be the best.

I think, growing up, I was seen as the perfect power forward. For a long time, I thought maybe I was supposed to be a basketball player.

Isn't it ironic that pay, perks, and benefits all cost your company at the bottom line, but authentic recognition, especially when it's most unexpected, costs very little and gives the most impressive return on investment?

Why, on my mother's birthday, am I thinking about 'Father Knows Best?' At our house, mother knew best at least as often as father did, but then the title of the old sitcom, a homogenized portrait of American family life, was meant to be slightly sardonic.

My soul is dark with stormy riot: directly traced over to diet.

If you see oppression of the poor, and justice and righteousness trampled in a country, do not be astounded.

In the library, one often finds people close their mouths and open their minds!

You can only be yourself, and it sounds cheesy, but when it comes to filmmaking, there's really nowhere to hide.

You only find what you are looking for, really, if the truth be known.

I think the 24-hour news cycle has helped exaggerate the differences between the parties. You can always find someone on TV somewhere carping about something. That didn't happen 20 years ago.

Ensuring Americans have access to adequate medical care should be a priority for all of us.

I actually started singing those songs six or seven years ago, when I was an opening act for Frank Sinatra.

Ethanol's not an ideal fuel.