“The best gift I was ever given was the arts. My mum gave me those on a...” — Jill Scott Quote

“The best gift I was ever given was the arts. My mum gave me those on a silver platter. Growing up, her and my grandmother would take me to ballets, classical concerts, even smoky jazz clubs I wasn't supposed to be in!”

“I'm not interested in being commodified. I'm not into being sold. I'm not a slave.”

“I defy any woman who is pregnant and trying to concentrate really hard not to feel distracted.”

“One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both have their place in this - is ending childhood hunger here in America.”

“A lot of wrestlers get guys to the ground in a mixed martial arts fight and think that's it. But no, we gotta get up eventually and throw some blows.”

“The history of jazz lets us know that this period in our history is not the only period we've come through together. If we truly understood the history of our national arts, we'd know that we have mutual aspirations, a shared history, in good times and bad.”