My dad always told me that anyone's voice is just another instrument added to the music.

Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.

May our afflictions be few, but may we learn not to squander them.

He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.

People think a Muslim has to have a turban or a big beard. It's stupid.

Once people tell me I can't do stuff, I'm going to go and make it happen.

To paraphrase several sages: Nobody can think and hit someone at the same time.

I used to sit in front of McDonald's and ask people for dollars to get me a cheeseburger. It was bad.

I had to make different kinds of music for everybody but still keep it classic T-Pain at the same time.

Now God, who has made us, knows what we are and that our happiness lies in Him.

There's nothing like a little physical pain to keep your mind off your emotional problems.

All writers should be put in a box and thrown in the sea.

To express your love for the universe, be like a cloud to dwell in the high altitudes, and never forget to transform yourself into the water of humility.

Example is the school of mankind and they will learn at no other.

My motto: 'No good movie is depressing. All bad movies are depressing.'

I used to be very shy. When I first started, I had to go to a casting, and I had to go in a bikini. I thought I was too skinny. But I went in and got the job! And that's how I started.

Tom Ridge now says we don't have to run out and put plastic sheets all over the house. Great, tell that to my dead parakeet.

Listening is more important than talking.

Power is seldom innocent, and envy is the yokefellow of eminence.

Whoever wishes to go down a long path, must learn that the first lesson is to overcome early disappointments.

When God is seeking a person, he will not allow my fear, my feeling of intimidation or my lack of knowledge or experience to prevent that person from finding him.