I'm from the element of the streets that says that once you've made it, it's yours. But keep it to yourself.

I know who I am. I am not perfect. I'm not the most beautiful woman in the world. But I'm one of them.

I listen to gospel music.

I don't know. Only God knows where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It's up to us to choose, whether we win or lose and I choose to win.

I have to have lemon and honey. I have to have apple cider vinegar, Braggs. And I have to have either Red Vines or Twizzlers. These things, you know, are the things that help my vocal performance.

There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong.

If you're looking for inner peace from the outside world, you're not going to get that. The inner peace starts with looking at you from the inside.

Negative words are powerful boomerangs so be careful what you say about people and yourself.

When you come from so many damaged places you don't ever want to spiral back there, so you gotta continue to check yourself.

Believe in yourself when nobody else does.

When life is real, it's not going to be smooth.

Meditation is silence, energising and fulfilling. Silent is the eloquent expression of the inexpressible.

If married couples did not live together, happy marriages would be more frequent.

The best part about performing is when you can fill the room with energy and you get that vibe back.

We all make mistakes, probably the man most often.

My second passion besides fighting is traveling. So, for me to be able to go somewhere like the places I've been is just awesome.

I really love something about being around the recording studios - you know, like, those days in the '80s they'd be, like, in the studio 'til 4, 5, 6 in the morning working on these songs.

I don't think there's a subject matter that can't absorb 3-D; that can't tolerate the addition of depth as a storytelling technique.

I don't even have a stalker. I'm just not the guy that people stalk.

I'm tied of hearing about temperance instead of abstinence, in order to please the cocktail crowd in church congregations.