"They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters."

"I am not the same man I was 35 years ago. And I hope that five years and ten years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity."

"I loved Elijah Muhammad with a love that I can't adequately describe."

"Qaddafi is hated because he is the leader of a small country that is rich, but he uses his money to finance liberation struggles."

"The film is about Joe discovering who his mother and father are and his relationship with them, and the identity crisis he goes through once he finds out who his parents are."

"I studied Japanese language and culture in college and graduate school, and afterward went to work in Tokyo, where I met a young man whose father was a famous businessman and whose mother was a geisha."

"I think I've always been somebody, since the deaths of my father and brother, who was afraid to hope. So, I was more prepared for failure and for rejection than for success."

"I will continue to pursue my music and live my life with my family."