Now some folks say that we should be glad for what we have. Tell me, would you be happy in Village Ghetto Land?

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.

Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.

We all have hearts.... If you have a heart, love somebody. If you have enough heart, love everybody.

Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.

It feels better to love than to hate.

There may be a brighter star. But through my eyes the light of you is all I see.

You can't base your life on other people's expectations.

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

I am what I am. I love me! And I don't mean that egotistically - I love that God has allowed me to take whatever it was that I had and to make something out of it.

There is the will of the people

Politics is a game where only the strong survive”.

If somebody asked me about my inspiration I would say that it's not the peopleand it's not the things, it's travel and experiencing different environments.

I'm not that beautiful, and I don't want to be a pop star.

Not everyone is the same. You can't label a person just because of what they do or what they've done.

Only your customers can define quality, because it's meeting your customers' expectations the first time every time. Simply put, it's performance to the standards of the customer.

Women have the right to work wherever they want, as long as they have the dinner ready when you get home.

You can fall in the area of your strength as easily as you could fall in the area of your weakness.

I had friends who only listened to hip-hop. I had friends who only listened to musicals, and I stood proudly in the middle.

When you're old, everything you do is sort of a miracle.