And as she held me, I suddenly realized that my lifelong search for love and acceptance had finally ended in the arms of a foster parent.

Childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not living a nightmare in the darkness of the soul.

To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.

Even in its darkest passages, the heart is unconquerable. It is important that the body survives, but it is more meaningful that the human spirit prevails.

When you please others in hopes of being accepted, you lose you self-worth in the process.

It is important for people to know that no matter what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press on the a brighter world.

Everyone picked on me in school because I was in foster care.

I still love my former wife, I won't call her my ex-wife.

Ask yourself: was there anything I could have done to prevent the situation? If the answer is yes, do something now and become a better person for it.

You have to understand that in a person's life there are a few precious moments in which decisions, choices that you make now, will affect you for the rest of your life.

You can be a victim of cancer, or a survivor of cancer. It's a mindset.

Any time an opportunity scares you that much, you should seriously consider saying yes.

​Tomorrows dreams are important but to make the present meaningful is a far better dream.

I didn't want there to be a computer on stage. When I see people with computers on stage, I think, 'Are you sending e-mail?' That's so corny.

Profit or perish... There are only two ways to make money: increase sales and decrease costs.

In the same way that we want to expand mental health service for people with mental illness, we also need to make sure that our police officers are getting the mental health help they need.

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'

The stars are always up in the sky...then when it is perfectly black, they feel less vulnerable and out they come.

I've done festivals in the past where I'd be a guest, it was like, Wow, maybe someday I could play Town Hall - but that'll be a long way off. So it's very exciting.

I always expect unexpected challenges.

God blesses man, not for having found but for having sought.