And I just pray that god gives me longevity in the music industry.

People just take your kindness for weakness sometimes, and that's just the bottom line.

You can be confident and secure and know that you do a good job at what you do. But you don't know to be arrogant about it.

I'm in the process of brainstorming with my marketing team and all that stuff, trying to come up with a concept for a late-night restaurant for people in Birmingham.

People don't have to like or support you. So you always have to say thank you.

I don't like to be a preacher or anything, but the one thing that I've learned is that you truly are what you eat.

I never want to try to be a spokesperson for health and wellness because I most definitely am not the most in shape person in the world.

I like doing theaters. I like being up close and personal with the fans. It's really cool.

I feel as if I've been able to do so many things I never expected to do.

Some find it in their lovers eyes, who can deny the joy it brings. When you've found that special thing, you're flying without wings.

I'm racing against me. As long as I come across the finish, I'll be okay.

Do the right thing every single day and you never have to worry about your job or your pay.

Those of little understanding say the world will soon end. It is the current age that is coming to an end. The end of this age is the beginning of the next.

Dreams, kindled in the fire of imagination, ignite in the brilliance of our minds, and are wrought in the work of our hands" -

A historian cannot pick and choose his facts

Loneliness becomes a lover, solitude a darling sin.

Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.

It's very difficult to judge yourself. Extreme self-doubt is only attractive when it's fictionalized. Which is why people love the movies. They are so reassuring.

I hated the place (Hollywood), not the work, but the lack of privacy, those terrible prying fan magazine writers and all the surrounding exploitation.

You want to know a little about a lot.

I'm very resistant to most forms of theater.