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I used to paint a lot of oil and now I paint more mixed-media stuff. ”
We live in such a celebrity-driven culture, but all those people have to go buy toilet paper, and all those people have products they use and their favorite sweet treats. They all have to write to-do lists, and they're all reading books - well, hopefully most people are doing those things. ”
It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a lot of people too. My first album was with Benny Carter. ”
In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture. ”
Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture. ”
To cross the line for the team, to have an impact on winning the game - that's why I play this game. ”
The artist never really has any control over the impact of his work. If he starts thinking about the impact of his work, then he becomes a lesser artist. ”
The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people. ”
Religion is so much more than the god you pray to. The religion that you associate with, it's culture, it is family, it is background. That is something that I have always grown up with. ”
In order to change the conversation about Muslims in American media, we need a diverse, unified movement of people who are willing to take a stand against anti-Muslim bias. ”