I listen a lot to rap, and I'm inspired to take it, to use it in another way, to get the message across.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.

Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.

We all have hearts.... If you have a heart, love somebody. If you have enough heart, love everybody.

Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.

It feels better to love than to hate.

There may be a brighter star. But through my eyes the light of you is all I see.

You can't base your life on other people's expectations.

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

I am what I am. I love me! And I don't mean that egotistically - I love that God has allowed me to take whatever it was that I had and to make something out of it.

You're unstoppable not because you're stronger than your challenges/competitors. It's because you're consistent. You won’t quit easily!!!

Any married man should forget his mistakes - no use two people remembering the same thing.

My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.

The cat always leaves a mark on his friend.

Few things have more impact than nutrition on a child's ability to survive, learn effectively and escape a life of poverty.

The pleasure was all yours.

There are two sides, two players. One is light, the other is dark.

Hollywood is famous for breeding monsters, and having worked in the business, I've known a lot of them. But only intermittently have I ever found them monstrous. They have many other qualities.

Chance is an element of life. What I try to do is study what I call the mechanics of reality as carefully as I can.

All actors are incredibly insecure.