>> having maya angelou on, i mean, where would you have seen her otherwise? >> in 1892 he wrote a poem called "a negro love song." it says, seen my lady home last night, jump back, honey, jump back. held her hand and squeezed it tight, jump back, honey, jump back. >> he didn't just have black people on his show. but if you were hip, you wanted to be on arsenio. >> this was something that i heard a political analyst talk about recently. he said you kind of were -- i use the word chilling out. he said you were pulling back a little bit. you'd been instructed not to say as much or be outspoken. no? >> i've heard that, but i never know who says it. i think it's wishful thinking on the part of some people. >> guess who suggested to bill to do "the arsenio hill show" if you want to get a younger demo? hill-dawg. ♪ >> he attracted a lot of people