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.

I'm not scared about saying what I think.

He spoke again as if he hadn’t just shattered his promise and her security. Her house of glass now lay in a pile of shards.

The only consistency in the way humans think about animals is inconsistency.

Your current body is the only body that can take you to your new body—so be kind to it.

Mark Spitz didn't ask about Harry. You never asked about the characters that disappeared from a Last Night story. You knew the answer. The plague had a knack for narrative closure.

Be determined that you will let every dream of yours be released to the fullest capacity. Brighten your picture!

Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.

We will all be far better spouses, parents, and leaders as we take time to grow in prayer.

It's an attitude that has to do with curiosity, with wanting to know about things, wanting to be able to influence things, and wanting to be able to influence them in a way that's worthwhile

'If only' is the excuse of the loser; 'I can' is the affirmation of the winner.

My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man.