I got out of the Army - in my world - I came to New York, for instance, when the civil rights movement was just beginning, and that created a certain energy, a certain rumble, a certain impetus for black…

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More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I...

More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I...

You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. You tried not...

You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. You tried not...

So in my sophomore year, I took a senior anatomy class. I thought anatomy -...

So in my sophomore year, I took a senior anatomy class. I thought anatomy -...

I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can...

I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can...

So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I...

So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I...

My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to...

My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to...

Love is just love, it can never be explained.

Love is just love, it can never be explained.

The arts have always been an important ingredient to the health of a nation, but...

The arts have always been an important ingredient to the health of a nation, but...

In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you...

In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you...

And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in...

And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in...

One day, my youngest uncle - the other one who was first to go to...

One day, my youngest uncle - the other one who was first to go to...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

So by the time I got to Michigan I was a stutterer. I couldn't talk....

So by the time I got to Michigan I was a stutterer. I couldn't talk....

Before my grandpa built his own church, we went to the neighboring town, and it...

Before my grandpa built his own church, we went to the neighboring town, and it...

Love is like an earthquake-unpredictable, a little scary, but when the hard part is over...

Love is like an earthquake-unpredictable, a little scary, but when the hard part is over...

Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying...

Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying...

No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was...

No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was...

I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance,...

I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance,...

We children learned responsibility automatically.

We children learned responsibility automatically.

I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one...

I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one...