The one who tried too hard, the outsider, the oddball. Yeah, that was me.

You can't get it all right all the time, but you can try your best. If you've done that, all that's left is to accept your shortcomings and have the courage to try to overcome them.

Being a role model is about being true to myself.

When you sit back and you just do what you love, things happen

It's funny how some distance makes everything seem small, and the fears that once controlled me can't get to me at all.

I find that, maybe because I'm also a singer, I hear music in characters all the time, even if they don't sing. I hear what affects me in my heart.

Nerves are good. They keep you alive.

Things happen for a reason, and in their own time.

I know I'm known for singing some of those high notes but that's really not what giving someone goose bumps is all about. It's about really trying to find what makes you unique...

I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.

I don't do too much looking back and regretting things - not that I haven't made tons of mistakes. But I do think people are in our lives so we can learn lessons and evolve as better human beings.

You try as a parent. You love beyond reason. You fight beyond endurance. You hope beyond despair.You never think, until the very last moment, that it still might not be enough.

The only artists for whom I would make way are - children. For me the paintings of children belong side by side with the works of the masters.

Blessed is the man who having nothing to say abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

You only do good work when you're taking risks and pushing yourself.

People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.

The upper class desire to remain so, the middle class wish to overthrow the upper class, and the lower class want a classless system.

What you don't want to do is dig around here like a groundhog on crack.

I love the show tunes; I love all of them.

Your Mentors in life are important, so choose them wisely

I could see myself in the fur coats, turtleneck sweaters, with the Kangol hats like Slick Rick and Dana Dane. But I could also see myself in a leather Troop suit like LL Cool J.