I've always been able to do sprinkles of hip-hop here and there in all my albums, but I'm not sure how my fans are gonna feel about coming out first with something that's so hip-hop.

Cause you mean the world to me, you are my everything; I swear the only thing that matters, matters to me.

Performing live is the greatest high in the world. That's why I do what I do

I'll probably be 80 years old and still performing. Music is like fashion, it changes. But some things will always be the same.

I'm not a diva. I'm a tadpole trying to be a frog.

I can imagine you touching my private parts. With just the thought of you I can't help, but touch myself.

I take an active role in my imaging and how I look.

How could an Angel break my heart? Why didn't he catch my falling star? I wish I didn't wish so hard. Maybe I wished our love apart.

I can't record in the morning because I sound like Barry White.

When you take high risks, the rewards are higher. So sometimes I'll gamble just to see what happens. If it doesn't work, I know I can't do that.

...And i can't get you out of my mind, God knows how hard I've tried.

Our account does not rob the mathematicians of their science... In point of fact they do not need the infinite and do not use it.

Remembering a man's stories makes him immortal.

You love me and I love you, your heart hurts ... well mine does too.

Kinkiness comes from low energy. It's the substitution of lechery for lust.

My shadow is only half of what it should be." "Everyone has their shortcomings.

Seeing people in person is a big part of how you drive any change process. You have to show people a positive view of the future and say "we can do it"

One realizes how we take water for granted and how important it is to have it in order to stay alive. Beyond the drinking of it, let's not forget the hygiene.

African-American voters are not nearly as enthusiastic about [Hillary] Clinton as they were about [Barack] Obama.

Some pain is simply the normal grief of human existence. That is pain that I try to make room for.

Start small and dream big.