I was very fortunate to be able to represent an icon to many African Americans.

Strivers achieve what dreamers believe.

Success is all about having the confidence to shoot for something even if it seems impossible.

There's always that one person, That will always have your heart. That one person for me is you.

Giving a child an education is by far one of the most important investments we can make.

The best present a man can give a woman is his undivided attention.

You are my superstar. I'm your number one fan, give me your autograph, sign it right here on my heart. Girl, I'll be your groupie, baby.

You are who you are, and in the end, If you don't believe it then no one will.

Down time is not the name of the game.

I like a woman who takes care of herself - it says something about the way she'll care for me.

Success is measured by personal happiness.

I don't want to say something cheesy like 'home is where the heart is, ' but home is definitely where the heart is. And my heart is, and has always been, with you.

If Jesus looks too feminine to us, maybe it says more about our understanding of masculinity than it does about a possible conspiracy to feminize the church and men.

To grow interested in any piece of information, we need somewhere to 'put' it, which means some way of connecting it to an issue we already now how to care about.

Guilt is the one burden human beings can't bear alone.

Grace only exists to be fallen from.

The material of thought re-acts upon the thought itself.

If you don't judge my gold chains, I'll forget the iron chains.

You have to be a friend to yourself. You know, 'cause if you're not a friend to yourself, you're an enemy to yourself and if someone's a friend of everybody they are an enemy to themselves.

It's a joy to actually be able to control your own music.

For hard it is to keep from being King When it's in you and in the situation.