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I think I'd say that my whole body of work is a reflection of who I am, but not any one specific thing.

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.

I go through the same kind of situations as other people. I have to give that to people, because people have this facade, this mirage, this mirror about me.

I don't carry myself as a black person but as a woman that belongs to everybody. After all, it's the general public that made me - not any one particular group. So I don't think of myself as belonging to any particular group and never have.

Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.

I'm a black man in the United States of America, so I always feel like there's a target on me.

Learning to love my inner and outer beauty wasn't an easy road. I still don't always love the reflection I see in the mirror, but I have learned that my outer appearance does not define me.

I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.

I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the media. I have to take advantage of that while I'm still bankable.