Born on November 18th

"What love is to man, music is to the arts and to mankind."

"An artist's sphere of influence is the world."

"Television is a thing that people get very familiar with. They want to hear your voice in their head."

"Jim Carrey and my dad were best friends. He would always be in my house and stuff like that."

"I was always the class clown and got kicked out of class at least once a day for just being a goofball. Not suspended or anything, just sit outside and look at the tree on the bench. I got benched a lot. You keep one foot on the bench and try to get as far away as possible."

"Even in real life, sometimes you find that person you click with that you get irritated by every other person in the world but you can be around this person every day and you'd be fine with it."

"I wanted to be an animator originally. I went to art school; I went to art college and everything. But that screen was just calling me."

"You see people you identify with, and you take pieces of people you like and shape who you are. Like, I sound just like my dad. But that's literally my vocal chords. I can't sound like anything else... I sound like him, but I act like myself."

"In the field of resilience & focus, we are not defined by the weight of our struggles, but by the strength we find when we rise."

"Like a lighthouse in the storm, your inner resolve must remain steady and bright. As a historical figure, this is the foundational truth I have observed."

"The hardest trials do not consume the gold; they refine the spirit and clear the path ahead."

"Rock 'n' roll is good for the soul, for the well being, for the psyche, for your everything. I love it."

"I can't even picture being without rock 'n'roll."

"In the field of innovation & tech, technology is the canvas where human imagination meets the logic of physical reality."

"We do not build machines to replace our thoughts, but to expand the boundaries of what we can dream. As a influential author, this is the foundational truth I have observed."

"The future is compiled from the small lines of code we write today in search of harmony."

"It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go."

"Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught."

"Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking."

"I'm secure in who I am. I don't need the validation of those that would say, you have to be a certain thing in order to be accepted. I'm comfortable going against the grain if I need to."

"Republicans think that the NAACP is the only voice in the black community. It is a voice in the black community. But it's not the only voice."

"I do think, however, that there's a very diverse point of view in the African-American community. There's a lot of different voices that need to be heard. I don't claim and pretend to know the thoughts and opinions and ideas of all African-Americans."

"The strength of America is not in Washington."

"If you are explaining, you are losing."

"I think Newt Gingrich has a proven track record of changing Washington and getting results."

"I'm looking forward to the day when America will mature to the point that we are a color-blind society. I'm not so sure that in politics that will ever be reality, because politics has a way of separating us based on skin color."

"In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of... Dad."

"I never got into politics for it to be a career. It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go."

"When it comes to the American dream, no one has a corner on the market. All of us have an equal chance to share in that dream."

"I am willing to compete on my merits and on my character - not with the color of my skin. We talk about being a color-blind society, but I don't think the political process could actually handle that."