I find inspiration in everything.

I sing against emotional dictatorships, and against the imposition of one person over another, in the name of love.

It has cost me a great deal to become myself. I don't want to be another person.

I was always the only black in the movie theater, the only black in class, the only black in the library, the only black in the discotheque. I always felt observed and judged.

Sure, I know that I cannot speak in proper English. I know that I can't sing in proper English. I don't care.

Hope is for people who wait. And I don't want to wait no more. I'm not scared anymore. I'm not scared of myself. Of my things. Of my fear. Of absolutely nothing. And that's music.

Las Vegas is a very strange place. It's a place of broken dreams.

I loved Michael Jackson and Madonna. I styled my hair like Whitney Houston.

I live in a universe in which blame doesn't exist. I don't believe in being at fault; I believe in taking responsibility for your actions. If I do something wrong, I take responsibility for it.

I am the consequence of a particular type of demographic movement, one that has always involved paying a high price. But I don't know much about styles or genres. I only know notes and chords.

I feel what I sing, and I sing what I feel. Really, that's all I can do.

We must heal this terminally ill world with love.

Until we care more about what God thinks than what other people think we are never truly free

The important thing is that the principles that Senator Obama outlined originally are now embraced and taxpayers will be protected.

Entrepreneurship boils down to the simple fact that a team of really smart people who can get things done are going to get smart, useful things done.

Directors, like actors, get typecast.

Tyranny Is far the worst of treasons. Dost thou deem None rebels except subjects? The prince who Neglects or violates his trust is more A brigand than the robber-chief.

Spirituality is based on development of character and philosophy.

Always define WHAT you want to do with your life and WHAT you have to offer to the world, in terms of your favorite talents/gifts/skills-not in terms of a job-title.

When I wake up the next morning, there's a Hershey's Kiss sitting on the table beside me.