And so, whether they came here on the Mayflower, on a slave ship, or on an airplane from Havana, we are all descendants of the men and women who built here the nation that saved the world.

Our national motto is 'In God we Trust,' reminding us that faith in our Creator is the most important American value of all.

America is the story of everyday people who did extraordinary things. A story woven deep into the fabric of our society.

If you elect me president, we will have a president that believes America is the greatest country in the world and we will have a president that acts like it.

We must change the decisions we are making by changing the people who are making them.

We're special because dreams that are impossible anywhere else, come true here. That's not just my story. That's your story. That's our story.

Our problem with President Obama isn't that he's a bad person. By all accounts, he too is a good husband, and a good father - and thanks to lots of practice, a pretty good golfer.

We need American foreign policy that tells the world very clearly that it is bad to be our enemy and good to be our friend.

Americans chose a limited government that exists to protect our rights, not to grant them.

Do not be afraid to offer ideas that draw opposition. Remember, if no one is against your idea, then your idea probably doesn't do anything.

How is Hillary Clinton going to lecture me about living paycheck to paycheck? I was raised paycheck to paycheck.

If you tell me I'm sensible in addition to normal and wise, I'm going to punch you in the stomach.

I am suggesting that we don’t put the “income” cart before the “contentment” horse.

I don't think you should die until you're ready. Until you've wrung out every last bit of living you can.

Ballet is good, because it makes you stand up tall.

When you do an album about Africa, you can't be too superficial.

We have to hear how [Donald] Trump is the bad guy and Trump poses the problem. And it's just maddening, infuriating. I hear you. I'm totally on the same page with you.

The kundalini comes in two primary forms when it comes forward from a spiritual teacher.

I think collaborating with a DJ could be interesting musically and it's something that I'd like to get into down the road, but I think on the live show tip I'm sticking to my guns for right now.

Never in the history of the world have so many people been so rich; never in the history of the world have so many of those same people felt themselves so poor.

Well, I Am... I Said was a very difficult song, very difficult because I really had to spend a lot of time thinking about what I was before the song was written.