If haters hadn't made me angry and made me practice, I wouldn't have gotten this good.

As I grow older part of my emotional survival plan must be to actively seek inspiration instead of passively waiting for it to find me.

You can't help but be creative, we all are unique beings and have a unique story to tell from different walks of life.

If you want to join the ranks of the people who changed the game, change yourself and the people around you as well.

When we finally stop asking America to love us and begin to love ourselves, we will prosper as a people.

Forgiveness is the key to the recovery of the soul.

People of color, particularly African Americans, feel the stigma more keenly. In a race-conscious society, some don't want to be perceived as having yet another deficit.

Knowing who you are begins in the mind.

Discipline is the servant of inspiration.

The music was as much a gift as sunshine, as rain, as any blessing ever prayed for.

You live your life between your ears.

Faith is a luxury for those who are able to ignore what the rest of us must see every day. Pessimism, distrust, and irony are the holy trinity of my religion, irony in particular.

In Russia you learn patience, " said Ivan. "In America you learn action.

I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.

A change in the shape of the body creates a change in the state of the soul.

Faith is a wondrous thing; it is not only capable of moving mountains, but also of making you believe that a herring is a race horse.

I would love to do more movies, but the reality is women have many more opportunities on television to play a greater variety of characters.

Being a typical Pisces, I might have experienced mood shifts, but I don't remember any depression, or needing to do anything, or to have someone bring me out of being depressed.

Sit back, enjoy the ride and hang out with me for a little while. ( sorry, cheesy driving metaphor!)

Fear comes from the mind, love comes from your heart; listen to the heart.

Growing up, I wish I hadn't tried so hard to fit in. I'd tell myself to just embrace what you were born with because it's beautiful and you were made like that for a reason.