I'm just someone who likes cooking and for whom sharing food is a form of expression.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

They had...finished their lives before their death – which is not always the end of life and often comes long before the end.

Caring about the happiness of others, we find our own.

The music industry is dominated by guys. I work with men 98 percent of the time - producers, arrangers, musicians, engineers.

When you say "Holy Man", I immediately think of Eddie Murphy's finest hour. If it's anything comparable, I'm excited.

What would you do if you had to choose?

Love is giving your kids your undivided attention and time

We have come a long way on that old molecule DNA.

If you can't change the status quo, make the status quo, change.

Dogs have not the power of comparing. A dog will take a small piece of meat as readily as a large, when both are before him.