He's a real good piano player and, when he makes beat, I like going to the room and listening.

To the humblest among them, who may be listening to me now, I want to say that the masterpiece to which you are paying historic homage this evening is a painting which he has saved.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

The most important thing to me wasn't to keep up (academically) just to play. If you're going to do something you've got to be your best.

They both leveled out pretty well.

For me the march was a labor - a labor of love - but I was busy handing out flyers for the National Association of Black Social Workers, so I really wasn't standing in the crowd listening and observing. I was busy.