“It's impossible to write and produce a record when your parents are dy...” — Anita Baker Quote

“It's impossible to write and produce a record when your parents are dying. I really tried, I really, really tried, but it just wouldn't come.”

“We don't do drugs, drink or use profanity. Instead we instill morals and values in my boys by raising them with a love of God and a love and respect for themselves and all people. I believe they will have a chance.”

“If you have your own agenda and your own style and you don't easily conform to what the masses are doing, you're looked upon as being difficult. Whereas, I think of it as just being an individual.”

“This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun.”

“I watched children dying. That will be the image that will stay with me.”

“I don't think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time.”