I would walk down the hall with my guitar and play for anyone that would listen. As a young kid I was really driven and I was going to make it happen no matter what.

You never know where a blessing can come from.

I play guitar, piano, bass and percussion.

Overall my race hasn't been a problem. I'm a black artist with white skin. At the end of the day you have to sing what's in your own soul.

I try to keep my ear to the streets without sacrificing who I am as an artist. If a song needs a drum machine I'll use a drum machine. If it needs a drummer, I'll use a real drummer.

I always try to be a trend setter. That's what I always tell young people when I'm giving them advice. To go with their heart and don't follow the trends.

OK, so truth hurts - but what else does truth do?

I still have a passion for the music, which is such a beautiful thing. I still wake up in the middle of the night out of a dream and have a melody in my head, and run to my piano.

I have enough love to last me a lifetime! Thank God I'll never lose my imagination and my passion. That's really what it is. I'm still passionate about what I do.

I dont plan on stopping anytime soon.

My first album came out in 1979.

You were born of two flawed yet beautiful souls. Happiness is your birthright, and love is your guide.

The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.

The get over a bad break up just get a good hair cut.It really works

My biggest challenge is cooking traditional French dishes, which usually require very specific techniques and methods. That’s just not my style... I cook from the soul.

My drawings at first were made altogether in watercolors, but they wanted softness and a great deal of finish.

It was a race between the tortoise and the hare, but the tortoise had just enough head start, and he had the magus to drag him along.

Every day there is only one thing to learn: how to be honestly happy.

As far as I'm concerned, the coolest word in film is 'cult.'

I have a toy poodle, Shadow. She's a little whippersnapper! And I love little monkeys.

Turnarounds seldom turn.