I came up during that time when music, to me, was really music. It wasn't about talking about a woman and calling them a derogatory name or something like that. It was real music.

When something happens, we always say it happens for a reason.

I'm used to being the big tough guy, the bodyguard type.

People always have an opinion. Doesn't mean it's right, doesn't mean it's wrong, but we have to respect their opinion.

Know what you want to do, because if you don't know what you want to do, you'll get stuck.

So it was a thing that my mother always taught me to go for your goals and never give up no matter what they are, and I started believing that later on in life.

I was up around 340 pounds because the producers said they wanted a really big guy, and I'm not that big, you know! I've lost it all now though. I'm 285 pounds, my sexy weight!

Always wake up with a smile on your face, because a lot of people who went to sleep last night are not with us this morning.

Of course, people told me, 'Mikey, you will never be an actor. You don't have the look. You're ugly.'

Whatever God gave you, you have to work that to your best ability - especially out here in Hollywood, the land of beautiful people.

My sister used to say I had a frail chest and she 'd beat me up all the time.

We can learn to act and think in ways that sow seeds of our future well-being, gradually becoming more aware of what causes happiness as well as what causes distress.

It was a good thing that when it came to married men, she was a girl with a firm moral compass, or else she would have been tempted to make him break his marital promises.

There are some secrets we keep because we can't bear to let them out and some because it's better to keep them in.

Please believe him. Keep your heart open to him. He can make you happy. He has always loved you, and you once loved him with all your heart.

The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I'm doing. I feel a closer bond with the craft of songwriting, stronger than I ever have.

Your calling is to bless lives. . . . Just the way you smile or the way you offer to help someone can build their faith.

The first person you lead is you.

Black eyeliner. It’s standard. It’s all you need. It just makes the world a better place.

Those whose abilities or knowledge incline them most to deviate from the general round of life are recalled from eccentricity by the laws of their existence.

We wound our modesty and make foul the clearness of our deservings, when of ourselves we publish them.