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I travel all the time, but when I come back to the South, I see such progress. In a real sense, a great deal of the South has been redeemed. People feel freer, more complete, more whole, because of what happened in the movement.

I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.

I think my attitudes about the past are very traditional. You can't ignore history; you can't escape it even if you want to. You might as well know where you come from, and you might as well know that everything has been done in some shape or form.

People say, 'Don't live in the past.' But I guess it depends on how interesting your past is.

Sometimes it takes looking at the past to really be able to move forward and learn from it.

The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here.

The way you remember the past depends upon your hope for the future. And if what you see in your future has no hope, it has no potential, then you view the past that brought you to here as not very good.

I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future.

My past seems to be way more fascinating for people than my future, which bums me out.

There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you if you don't repeat it.