I love soul. But I love a tune that has some meat in it. Something I could hang my hat on. Because music is universal.

I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.

If you enjoy the fragrance of a rose, you must accept the thorns which it bears.

I always keep my head down, working, doing things, moving forward. That's what I've done all my life. Then you stop and realize what you've done.

I don't sit back and count up what I've done. There's just always something else to do. There's always a challenge ahead.

Know the business, learn the business, own something.

Don't slip into the traps, and don't forget about your 'hood, the kids in the 'hood. Remember, you're disposable, so take advantage while you can.

Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honoured.

There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry toward religious beliefs... begins.

Self-expression is always a right, but its still not there to be abused.

When my agent told me he had a voice-over job I thought it was a Disney thing.

Philosophy became a gloomy science, in the labyrinth of which people vainly tried to find the exit, called The Truth.

The Catholics had been in the position of oppressors, and the Protestants of the oppressed

[Motherhood is] the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It's huge and scary-it's an act of infinite optimism.

Let the dead bury the dead.

I find a lot of inspiration in street style and watching women walk, the way they wear things and what they're wearing.

I've had a great experience with pretty much everybody I've worked with.

It seems that everything is part of the maturing process

I think the shocking thing to discover is the owls are not stupid and very feral, very hard to train.

I left my fingerprints somewhere - that's good enough. I am my own person - that's good enough. I stand my ground - that's good enough.

You design the life you want to have.