Before every performance I feel nervous.

Overall I think that the most important thing is to have true friends, and always to stay true to yourself and never try to be somebody that you're not.

I'm all about working. I'm a really hard worker, and I'm taking advantage of all those different opportunities, on the music and acting side, because I love both.

I always try to be a reliable friend.

When you're with girl you want to be with, everything's perfect.

I'm a very romantic and passionate guy.

If blacks are oppressed in America, why isn’t there a black exodus?

In the field of controversy I always pity the moderate party, who stand on the open middle ground exposed to the fire of both sides.

we shed the skins of who we used to be!

...the wise providence of God orders our affairs in many different ways and lovingly bestows on each one of us what is appropriate and profitable both for virtuous deeds and the mysteries of faith.

The genius is the man who has genuine and deep human relations with others, who does not cut himself off in the search for originality, but who realizes the value of artistic tradition.

You can’t look at someone with your eyes and take their measure. You have to look with the heart.

When the taste changes with every bite and the last bite tastes as good as the first, that's Cajun.

I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly towards the end.

We're covering all our bases so we can do whatever we want next time. That's how we're looking at it, rather than this just being an endless number of album/tour cycles.

I couldn't care less about what anybody else has to say.