So this is all part of a free society. People are entitled to hold whatever view they want, and the media can report things how they wish.
One motivation for the 'Soul Train' awards was the grumbling that all of us in the industry have heard about the way black music tends to be viewed as a secondary phenomenon by the other awards shows.
I've had a very, very interesting view of the planet over the last 30 years, touring as excessively as I have. And music is the most evocative, transformative, connective force in humanity, man.
In the '90s, the radio was still alive with all different kinds of points of view, and I think that's why people are longing for that time. It was the first time that alternative music broke through to the mainstream.
That is perceptive of you, because in this country men dancers have always been viewed with suspicion. If you were an actor, a star, and a dancer, you had to be, or have a name like someone 'mainstream.'
When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.
The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense.
There are still people who have an issue working with a woman director. Women can be viewed as 'difficult' even though they work in the same way as men.
Just like Barack Obama, my views on gay marriage have evolved, and now I am a reluctant groom.
Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing.
My celebrity has held steady since the day I began acting. I don't view it as celebrity. I'm just a worker.
Enlightened spirit of the age is not the principal of life but a mirror that lets us see life through it's view.
In my view, if you have one in 10 unemployed - something is wrong with the economy whether you call it recession or not.
To practice with an end in view is to have one eye on the practice and the other on the end, which is lack of concentration, lack of sincerity.
I'm really interested in how we view the public figure, what makes a public figure, what makes a celebrity, and how images make politicians, so I take an interest in politics, but it's really an interest in the image.
My views tend to be centrist. I'm not a big fan of George W., but my politics tend to be more Republican than not.
As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this view is seriously flawed.
It's my view that any conservative who loves his country has to be extremely concerned.
In the view of some people, you can only believe in civil rights if you work as a civil rights lawyer. I just don't buy that.
The creation of a world view is the work of a generation rather than of an individual, but we each of us, for better or for worse, add our brick to the edifice.
My work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to lead us to hold better views on ethical issues.
