When we were at the Apollo, Holiday was a block away. I asked her for her autograph.

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.

Blue skies Smiling at me Nothing but blue skies Do I see

It isn't where you came from, its where you're going that counts.

Music is the universal language ... it brings people closer together.

Everybody wants to know about my style and how it came about. It's no big secret. It's the way I feel.

The only thing better than singing is more singing.

What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.

I don't want to say the wrong thing, which I always do. I think I do better when I sing.

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do.

I'm very shy, and I shy away from people. But the moment I hit the stage, it's a different feeling I get nerve from somewhere; maybe it's because it's something I love to do.

People who have strong likes and dislikes find life very difficult

For exercise, I now run with my chocolate Lab puppy, Oscar.

A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

Ratings for the XFL are so low that pretty soon they'll be able to address the viewers by name.

I'm not vanishing into thin air.

Im straight... But my girl a faggot... Potato on the barrel... Potato salad

Believe it or not, Twitter calms me down. I enjoy interacting with people.

Today I can do anything I put my mind to.

Any acting job that I ever got, I always treated it like I was a neophyte, I didn't know what I was doing and I was going to work just as hard as I do on my stand-up.

I write in Arabic and prefer writing my stories by hand. I need a cup of tea or coffee when I write. When I was in Syria, I was addicted to tea, but now I'm addicted to Starbucks.