Tavis Smiley Quotes

I could do without 'cool' publications calling me 'mom jazz.' But I laughed all the way to the bank, baby.

I really hate Nicki Minaj, but I don't know why I hate her. I just hate her face, you know? So I went and just looked at some Nicki Minaj videos so I would have a leg to stand on if I ever met someone who liked her.

I can't believe we've got away with becoming this huge band. And we still haven't done anything I think is that good yet.

The most exciting thing for all of us is movies and movie stars.

The first Matrix genius, the second one, what's up with the dancing? I haven't even seen the third one.

I've been writing about James Fenimore Cooper. He was not a writer. Here was a man who was 30 years old and had never put anything more than his signature on paper.

When you're part of a pop phenomenon, you have so many opinions shoved down your throat.

I haven't written my memoirs or let the television movie be made about my life.

I had my issues with the Kardashians, absolutely. I think there's so much wrong with how they are the most revered family in the country, but they are, nevertheless.

I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'

Like it or not, I am part of the pop culture of films in Hollywood.

Since I became part of the zeitgeist, I've been called a sellout many times.

Since Madonna is positioned as always 'cooler than thou,' we all are primed for schadenfreude if something in her fabulous life goes amiss.

Critics try to pin so many different inaccuracies on me and my music; they look at the complicated things and try to simplify them. They think they can nail your whole life down just by knowing the bare bones of your history in partaking in 10 minutes of conversation.

I've sold a lot of records. I've sold, like, 150 million records, and I don't think I've had that many good reviews. It's one of those things that when you're really successful, critics hate you just because you're successful.

A film about my life? But I am not dead.

There's only so much you can say about celebrity, obviously.

I think cricket and cinema are two big entities in the country. If you are part of either, you are sorted.

There are a lot of things worse to be than the 'Pharrell girl.' I hope that'll wear off.

I am interested in biographical stories. Seldom are good biopics like 'Maha Nati' being made.

There are many artists that I know exactly where they are born and what their names are and where they live, which are still very, sort of, hidden. Even Nick Cave, who has a film about himself nowadays, is still someone who I would claim to be utterly enigmatic.

I've been on MTV for so many years. They're so stupid and, like, disrespectful and rude.

I knew that we would have a movie about us one day.

If you're looking for a behind-the-scenes rock-n-roll biography, pick up Nikki Sixx's 'The Heroin Diaries'. If you want the world's most narcissistic high school yearbook, however, 'First Step 2 Forever' is your new bicycle.

'Carl Sagan: A Life,' though a riveting tale, tells as much about the all-too-human feelings of jealousy and resentment as it does about the individual who inspired them.