Hope with Cornel West and Wynton Marsalis

CW: ... are there any conditions under which you think your hope could be snuffed out?
WM: None!
CW: None whatsoever?
WM: As long as I'm alive. That's just in me as a person.
CW: Is it because of the freedom that you know as a human being and as an artist that reveals that no matter what the situation is, there's always some possibility it could be better?
WM: Yes. Plus I believe in God.
CW: But what does God mean to you, though, Brother?
WM: It's just ascendent consciousness ...

Work Cited:
West, Cornell (1997). Restoring Hope: Conversations on the Future of Black America. Boston: Beacon Press. p. 131.