i always think of this jimi hendrix line, which i love, i forget which saw it is, he starts out -- ♪ay i wake from yesterday ♪ i feel like that every morning, great, i have another day to experience something. i am going to see "alice-in- wonderland," i am going to read another book, experience something wonderful. tavis: i always say another chance to get it right. you mentioned god, when you say that each of us has the capacity to animate god, what you mean by that? >> i believe that all of us have a creative impulse. of course, sorry, but i have maybe a snobby attitude, but i believe that being a true poet or an artist, a true artist, is a special, a god-given thing, but that does not mean that the creative impulse is just there for artists and poets. it is there for every man. how wheat animate it is up to us. we all have it, whether in his nature, god, with everyone to call it. that is why i love rock-and-roll so much. rock-and-roll is the one of art that america has given the world where is a people's art. it is really so accessible to everyone, to write a song, felix, express

audiences i was startled by the similarity of language i looked at the critics who previewed say jimi hendrix for example or sly stone, if you took out their names it would appear they were talking about obama because the use terms such as racial healer and somebody that could reconcile the racial tensions of different groups and bring them together. so, in some respects the fall with the african-american men who played that role and play it well. >> and talk about -- i thought was interesting right after the election or maybe a couple of days, guess who is coming to dinner, it was on some channel and i just can't fixated. i have seen it before as a younger person that was kind of interesting to me the parallels and some of the discussions talked about in the movie that were resonating and they'd come from some of the discussions we had determined the election and you mentioned the movie in your book. >> that's one of the fun things about doing what i do. you call yourself a cultural critic. you have the excuse to do all kind of fun things. so i watched all of these movies but he plays this c

audiences i was startled by the similarity in language when i looked at critics who reviewed, jimi hendrix for example, or sly stone. if you took out their names, it would appear they were talking about obama. they used terms as racial healer. someone who could reconcile the racial tensions different groups felt and bring them together. so in some respects there have always been african-american men who played the role played it well. >> talk about, i said it was interesting. right after, the election. maybe a couple of days guess who is coming to dinner, it was on some channel, i fixated on it. i had seen it before as a younger person but, it was kind of interesting to me the parallels, some of the discussions that were talked about in the movie, they were resonating and they had come from some of the discussions we had during the election and you mentioned the movie in your book. >> that's one of the most fun things about doing what i do. you yourself a cultural critic. you have an excuse to do all kind of fun things. i watched all the sidney poitier movies for one thing. he plays a char