This was a different kind of a kiss, not one that leads to something, but a hard, painful one.It was a goodbye kiss.

My daughter doesn't even get my humor. She's like, 'Um, no. I don't get it, Dad. Mmm, no, not that one, Dad.'

It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.

I'm not sure that an art career would have any benefit for me; I'm not sure it's what I want. I don't think I want to be a designer-rock artist.

The myth of the strong black woman is the other side of the coin of the myth of the beautiful dumb blonde.

Every habit and faculty is preserved and increased by correspondent actions, as the habit of walking, by walking; of running, by running.

There are no musically untalented people.

It's harder that in looks," I told him when I finally got back in the car. "Most things are.

My father confused me. From the ages of one to seven, I thought my name was Jesus Christ!