I'm pleased with my life, with the journey.

The older you get, the more you realize it's not what happens, but how you deal with it.

You must love and care for yourself, because that's when the best comes out.

I didn't have anybody, really, no foundation in life, so I had to make my own way. Always, from the start. I had to go out in the world and become strong, to discover my mission in life.

I believe that if you'll just stand up and go, life will open up for you.

You asked me if I ever stood up for anything. Yeah, I stood up for my life.

I never said Well, I don't have this and I don't have that. I said, I don't have this yet, but I'm going to get it.

In Tennessee where I grew up, there were animals, farms, wagons, mules.

For me the goddess is the female of God, She is powerful if different.

Whenever I drink champagne I either laugh or cry...I get so emotional! I love champagne.

My legacy is that I stayed on course...from the beginning to the end, because I believed in something inside of me.

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Most God-ordained dreams die because we are not willing to do something that seems illogical

Not only am I a musician, but I'm a businessman and a family man.

Every man at some point in his life is gonna lose a battle. He's gonna fight and he's gonna lose. But what makes him a man is that in the midst of that battle, he does not lose himself.

In my mind's eye, it seemed like the way it was supposed to happen.

What do you think? I'm not a starfish or a pepper tree. I'm a living, breathing human being. Of course I've been in love.

If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want.

Well there you go. Even a psychopath recognized your worth enough to want to kill someone else first." I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Eleven years is a great length of time to prepare a movie, it would be wonderful to have 11 years of funded preparation.

I'm always being told by directors that I add chemistry to scenes, so I mean how difficult could it be?