When I'm in the studio, I don't finish the song and say, 'That's going to be a big ringtone.'

Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.

May our afflictions be few, but may we learn not to squander them.

He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.

People think a Muslim has to have a turban or a big beard. It's stupid.

Once people tell me I can't do stuff, I'm going to go and make it happen.

To paraphrase several sages: Nobody can think and hit someone at the same time.

I used to sit in front of McDonald's and ask people for dollars to get me a cheeseburger. It was bad.

I had to make different kinds of music for everybody but still keep it classic T-Pain at the same time.

Now God, who has made us, knows what we are and that our happiness lies in Him.

There's nothing like a little physical pain to keep your mind off your emotional problems.

Complaining or picketing will not solve a problem but understanding will.

There is only one happiness in life: to love and be loved.

I'm at the point in my life where I don't want to work as hard. Actually, I've had to take a good hard look at workaholism and it's effect on one's mental health.

The puppet on the right shares my beliefs, the puppet on the left is more to my liking. Hey...there's one guy holding up both!

If food did not exist it would be well-nigh impossible to get certain types off the phone, as one would be unable to say, 'Look, I've got to run but let's have dinner sometime soon.'

It is not the criminal things which are hardest to confess, but the ridiculous and shameful.

I can do something physically the other guy can't. I know the other guy has not dedicated himself the way I did.

The child is an inner possibility, the possibility of renewal.

That's why I've always been appreciative of truly creative radio commercials.

Leaders must wake people out of inertia. They must get people excited about something they've never seen before, something that does not yet exist.