“I was brought up in black neighborhoods in South Baltimore. And we rea...” — Jerry Leiber Quote

“I was brought up in black neighborhoods in South Baltimore. And we really felt like we were very black. We acted black and we spoke black. When I was a kid growing up, where I came from, it was hip to be black. To be white was kind of square.”

“Listen to any cantor, any good hazan, sing and you can hear a little bit of Ray Charles going on.”

“'Hound Dog' took like twelve minutes. That's not a complicated piece of work. But the rhyme scheme was difficult. Also the metric structure of the music was not easy. 'Kansas City' was maybe eight minutes, if that. Writing the early blues was spontaneous. You can hear the energy in the work.”

“I have acted in nine regional languages and now I am ready to do a Bangla film.”

“Clinton himself acted in ways which increased the threat of terror.”

“Lincoln's leadership is based on a number of precepts, but my favorite one is that he acted in the name, and for the good, of the people.”