We could all use the power of prayer now and then, but it seems to me that the people who are sure they have a direct line to heaven are most often calling collect with bad news.

If I can change the way you think, I can help you to incredibly success".

I got enemies, I got a lotta enemies. Got a lotta people tryna drain me of my energy.

The church has given me balance.

In order for the Prevail Scenario to work ... you will have to have a world in which you have both differences between people and opportunities for intense connectedness.

There is no golden mean between these two extremes; either this early life must become low in our estimation, or it will have our inordinate love.

Life doesn't offer you promises whatsoever so it's very easy to become, 'Whatever happened to... ?' It's great to be wanted. I spent a few years not being wanted and this is better.

In humility alone lies true greatness, and knowledge and wisdom are profitable only in so far as our lives are governed by them.

The bandstand is an incredible space. It is really a sacred space. One of the things that is really sacred about it is that you have no opportunity to think about the future, or the past.

Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.

Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself are much condemned to have an itching palm.