I also sing about my mom leaving me a lot - a lot of kids have their moms or dads leave them, so they relate to that. I wear my heart on my sleeve, so I think that's what the kids love.

The best measure of success, is how you deal with failure

I we are born to die and we all die to live, then what's the point of living life if it just contradicts?

I'm not perfect but I'm learning to be better.

What really bothers me, what gets me mad, is when people don't know the story, but then pretend like they know the story. That's what bothers me. That's what makes me mad.

The more you kick me when I'm down, the more it truly helps.

You may have won the war, but you will never take my crown

I feel the madness creeping slowly. Loved by many I'm still lonely.

I've been down a long road, but I promise you, it gets better.

Be still my tongue, for i know not what to say; My life is lived in darkness and here i will remain.

I got these questions always running through my head. So many things that I would like to understand.

Let me rephrase.” He took a seething step toward me. “When it comes to you… I don’t like to share.

The world cannot be translated

I'm competitive at everything.

You have to remind people of their own struggles. It's a responsibility.

The experience of the next life is too far away to really be concerned with. It will be an outgrowth of this incarnation and what happens between birth and death.

Food might be more immediately important than history but if you don't understand what's been done to you - by your own people and the so-called 'they' - you can never get around it.

We weren't impatient. We just weren't moving.

By releasing control over circumstances, you gain more control over your life.

Your beautiful don't let anyone tell you different

In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.