I come over here and a lot of people are like, "What's with the new hair?" I'm like, "Y'all must not have been looking - every album, I change."

I can make beleive I have everything, but I can't pretend that I don't see that without you in my life is complete.

A lot of times with my more up-tempo music, I try to take the approach of a hip-hop artist, but when it comes to imaging, I've been following the pattern of Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Madonna.

When I say R&B is dead, I'm pretty much saying the creativity is gone.

You can't really put a time limit on how long someone will grieve.

In America, there are some artists who are more of an image than music; if your star status goes down there, you're finished.

The New Testament is the very best book that ever was or ever will be known in the world.

Heaven has no taste.""Now-""And not one single sushi restaurant."A look of pain crossed the angel's suddenly very serious face.

Practice increasing your time spent counting your blessings versus complaining.

With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I have a great respect for the semicolin; it's a useful little chap

Empty space is never-wasted space. Wasted space is any space that has art in it.

Traitors who prevail are patriots; usurpers who succeed are divine emperors.

The true poet has no choice of material. The material plainly chooses him, not he it.

We know now that in modern warfare, fought on any considerable scale, there can be no possible economic gain for any side. Win or lose, there is nothing but waste and destruction.

Today was tomorrow yesterday so don't inhale.

I recently assured Public Sector Banks they will have total autonomy in taking business decisions.