The people that I admire have a wonderful balance of self-belief and humility.

To really be conscious of how long the journey is, be patient, push yourself, persevere and always be working on your craft while waiting for your break.

Hold tight to the mentality of being a student, meaning hold on to curiosity and approach life as a student.

I always hope to be a better person tomorrow than today.

I'm not much of cook, but I cook a mean bowl of oatmeal.

I think what I've learned from working on "Moonlight" is we see what happens when you persecute people. They fold into themselves.

At the end of the day we're all spirits having a physical experience.

At the end of the day we're all spirits having a physical experience. That really comes from my relationship with Islam because it just makes me really conscious of my action.

I think my mom gave me the borders, the - gave me a very clear understanding of what the perimeter was. And I had to find my fun within those boundaries.

Again, having - fortunately having never been in trouble. And eventually I found out that I was on a watch list.

The freedom that I wanted as a kid would - probably would not have been good for me and not in the way in which I wanted it.

Bitterness is captivity.

Real living is living for others.

When a 'setback' brings a 'comeback, ' that's grace in action!

Motivation can't take you very far if you don't have the legs.

The next best thing is to work with those who are not quite there yet to bring them up to that level.

I've always had that overweening desire to be liked by the audience.

People forget ideas; they don't forget the real presence.

I keep hitting [Escape], but I'm still here! --Unknown, but used by Karen Chance in "Hunt the Moon

My responsibility as an artist is to turn up at the page or the piano or the microphone. The rest is up to God.

A lot of people have it - that fantasy of being lord or lady of the manor, either in the present or at some time in history.