Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.

In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.

Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is for my fellow gangstas suffering racism.

Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you