If all I do in my life is soothe someone's spirit with a song , then let me do that and I'm happy.

Sometimes the best things are right in front of you; it just takes some time to see them.

Talent like Michael's is rare. I feel so privileged to have known him and so look forward to honouring his memory in what is going to be the biggest and only tribute to this great showman.

You could have told me yourself that you found someone else, instead I heard it through the grapevine.

Soul is just that inner spirit. I use that inner spirit for whatever it is I do.

I don't regret any decisions I've made in my life.

I always kind of thought I want to be a good person, I want to be right to my fellow men and love them like were supposed to.

Well, I never danced with the 'Pips' - they didn't let me dance!

When you pay your money to see me, I want you to have the best concert you can have from me.

I had some great mentors as I was coming up and starting to sing so early - I've been singing since I was four.

Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a product or service that people need and do it so well that it's profitable.

All my life I have been reading romance novels. Those stupid books ruined me. I've always wanted that fire that every book I ever read talks about.

I made practice runs down to skid row to get ready for my future.

Obedience may have its uses, but it is no substitute for willing, uncoerced co-operation.

The climax of terror is reached when the police state begins to devour its own children, when yesterday's executioner becomes today's victim.

Someone comes and drags you in front of the camera, and they're already saying, "Okay, we got it. Moving on." You get one or two takes. So it's a tough job.

The power to bring me out of solitude - or to push me back into it - had never belonged to another person. It was mine and only mine.

Poetry is our heart, our spirit, our soul. Call it whatever; without it, everything else is nothing but hardware.

Poetry is a means of redemption.

Never call a stomach a tummy without good reason.