You Need Black [people] Sometimes To Understand

When I Started The Diamond Business, No Black Person, Period, Was In It To Do What We're Trying To Do To Change The Industry. So I Like To Do Things That I See Clearly That Are In My, You Know, Scope. And Then, I Had To Figure How I Get Talented Or Smart Business People Around Me To Execute. That's What I Have To Do.

Black Actors On The Road, Flying Around The Country Working As Poets. Those People Are Inspirations For Millions Of Kids Who Write.

I Think People Instinctively Know That Their Job Is To Give Service And That They Are Part Of A Community. It Had A Great Impact On Me When My Father Walked The Picket Lines And I Walked With Him During The Civil Rights Movement.

I Think The Artist's Job Throughout History Has Been To Tell - To Say Things That People Are Inspired By.

They're Lacking Culture In Hollywood. That Gives Me A Big Up, Right? I Know Something About Pop Culture.