I went through a struggle, and I really needed to get myself together and connect with my purpose, which is music.

There's a lot of people out there who go through hard times, and they feel alone. They feel like nobody is there. But I'm in the same boat.

I'm very proud of myself because I have come so close to just giving up and I haven't done that.

Nothing can stop me from loving my brother.

Mom would kill me if I showed my navel.

Just staying true to yourself and staying true to your passion. Following your gut.

When you get a chance to step back, you notice all these great things you've done and all these great people that you've worked with.

I needed to explore my talent and versatility and see if I had another side to me, another sound.

My daughter is in love with Adele. She listens to her every day. To see someone with that much passion and soul move a 9-year-old is amazing and it's magical.

That's the beautiful part about acting - you get to play somebody other than yourself. So, I'm open to people who can't sing, people who can, people that sing a little bit, or people that sing a lot.

When you fall in love, you wanna share it with people but you know there are some things that you need to keep to yourself, 'cause privacy makes things last longer, I feel.

Have the wisdom to perceive all there is to be thankful for, and then be thankful for the wisdom to perceive things so clearly.

When i play in Las Vegas I play for money, when I play in Miami I play for holidays but when I play in #India I play for Love

An actor should never be larger than the film he's in.

There is so much about the process of writing that is mysterious to me, but this one thing I've found to be true: writing begets writing.

Perpetual emotion is the past time of the undisciplined mind.

We're going to do everything we can to make sure workers are treated like assets, not costs.

Education is a liberating force, and in our age it is also a democratizing force, cutting across the barriers of caste and class, smoothing out inequalities imposed by birth and other circumstances.

A person is either the effect of his environment or is able to have an effect upon his environment.

Businessmen must move with the times...the correlation between knowledge and business as the key to success is closer than ever.

Sometimes, you get the bear. Sometimes, the bear gets you.