The more cynical we are, the less likely we are to have heroes. A hero is somebody who breaks through.
People are hungry for heroes in their communities, the hero in themselves.
There's a heroism in artists and entertainers who make a lot of money and yet refuse to just stick to that. Dick Gregory was one, and Allen Ginsberg was another, and Pete Seeger. So I went. It was very tense. But King made it human, made it warm.