Arsenio Hall

Bring the guys by.

If their album's not finished, they can just come on now and do something with The Temptations.

So now there are nine black men performing in the center of my stage.

And I don't know how to describe it other than there's

You know, one black person in the mix makes it look too black.

We've had research that points to that in our society.

And I wanted to do a lot of Busta Rhymes and I had Hammer on a lot.

I had everybody in the culture on Hammer.

And unfortunately, in America, you're never going to be number one if you have this insatiable desire to do Toni Braxton instead of Dolly Parton.

And by the way, I try.

By the way, I tried to do both.

I would put I would I tried to mix it up.

I would put Dolly Parton on and then have something for the culture after it.

I wanted to do this show that didn't exist when I was a kid and I knew the talent was out there.

You know, I found Bruno Mars and put him on the show when he was two feet tall.

I wanted those things that Johnny didn't do.

God, it seems so long ago.

I think you become more angry and you become stronger when you realize you are right.

Because a huge part of my staff...

was gay.