I've always given people the benefit of the doubt until they prove me otherwise.

The Southern Baptist Church is a specific culture in itself. So, I had to study, talk to people, watch tape and go to performances to see how Gospel artists move compared to secular artists.

Gospel artists are messengers; they are vessels of a message.

I was looking to show people I could act. I was looking for something that would take me away from the whole hunk riding off into the sunset thing that people wanted me to play after Brown Sugar.

My love for you is past the mind, beyond my heart, and into my soul.

Everybody goes through obstacles and problems and issues and turn their backs on people that we are fond of and love just because we hurt; and everybody goes through that.

I like to laugh, I like to smile, and I don't take myself too seriously. I can be a goofball.

As part of my relationship with my wife and my daughter, and we share everything and talk about everything.

We are willing to weather the storm of multiple failures to achieve a goal. We're so convinced in the destination that we are able to let go of the reins and give it to God.

I'm in the booth and first of all, I'm from Germany and I had never heard a gospel in my life.

I had to study acting to basically educate myself.

The restless spirit never loses its wings. If sometimes it cannot fly, it is because during those moments the sky vanishes.

Human life is a series of mistakes justified by reason

All art is erotic.

It is unbelievably sad and ironic that the first victims of global warming are almost all going to come from places that are producing virtually none of the problem.

L’architecture est art de suggestion.

I have had heart surgery three times, so I know what it was like to have pins and needles stuck in you.

we’re allowed to make a lot of mistakes in our lives, except the mistake that destroy us

I would love to work on Broadway, but I don't know that it would manifest itself in musical theater.... I have terrible stage fright that I'd have to get over.

Proud to be a Muslim isn't a stamp you have on your heart, it's a light you have in your heart.

Feith had achieved the reputation in some military circles as 'the dumbest . . . guy on the planet.'