Know the business, learn the business, own something.

I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.

If you enjoy the fragrance of a rose, you must accept the thorns which it bears.

I always keep my head down, working, doing things, moving forward. That's what I've done all my life. Then you stop and realize what you've done.

I don't sit back and count up what I've done. There's just always something else to do. There's always a challenge ahead.

I love soul. But I love a tune that has some meat in it. Something I could hang my hat on. Because music is universal.

Don't slip into the traps, and don't forget about your 'hood, the kids in the 'hood. Remember, you're disposable, so take advantage while you can.

Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honoured.

There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry toward religious beliefs... begins.

Self-expression is always a right, but its still not there to be abused.

When my agent told me he had a voice-over job I thought it was a Disney thing.

You can'tstop dreamingjust becausethe night neverseems toend.

You can do almost anything if you are willing to clarify your commitments and make incremental investments over time to achieve them.

You must trust your instinct, intuition and judgment.

If you always have a crutch, you don't learn anything.

The key for us, number one, has always been hiring very smart people.

Telling someone about what a symbol means is like telling someone how music should make them feel.

I've played lots of law enforcement agents, and I do have friends that are in the bureau, in the DEA, and who are detectives and captains.

Let's start doing new and different things that enable us all to grow as a film culture and a community in total.

Keep your soul at peace, in order to be able to be attentive and very faithful to the inner movement of the Holy Spirit.

Hold summer in your hand, pour summer in a glass, a tiny glass of course, the smallest tingling sip, for children; change the season in your veins by raising glass to lip and tilting summer in.