You should always know when you're shifting gears in life. You should leave your era it should never leave you.

The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do.

Art is the only thing you cannot punch a button for. You must do it the old-fashioned way. Stay up and really burn the midnight oil. There are no compromises.

I am here and you will know that I am the best and will hear me. The color of my skin or the kink of my hair or the spread of my mouth has nothing to do with what you are listening to.

Accomplishments have no color.

Who I am is the best I can be.

I have never given all of myself, even vocally, to anyone. I was taught to sing on your interest, not your capital.

Be black, shine, aim high.

If you're not feeling good about you, what you're wearing outside doesn't mean a thing.

You should always know when you're shifting gears in life. You should leave your era - it should never leave you.

For a long time the only time I felt beautiful-in the sense of being complete as a woman, as a human being, and even female-was when I was singing.

Day must be an exciting friend, but night is a truthful one.

This lesser world is all about reproduction, as you might well know. Those who cease to duplicate simply die.

An arena large as Europe Silent waiting the contest

If John Kerry had a dollar for every time he bragged about serving in Vietnam - oh wait, he does.

We won't be like Jesus if it's more important to us to be like each other. God doesn't compare what he creates.

[C]ollaborative production is simple: no one person can take credit for what gets created, and the project could not come into being without the participation of many.

You got to stand up and be a man. You can't just keep running off.

We need to repeal Dodd-Frank act. It is eviscerating small businesses and small banks.

Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense.

Eliminate the mindset of can't! Because you can do anything!