You can't get around pain and opposition, but you can try to be joyful in the trial, and thank yourself for the trial, and thank God for the strength to get through it.

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.

You are my best present and ultimate purpose of life.

If no war in heaven, then defeat ain't misery.

[People] have no jobs, they have horrible education, they have no safety or security, and I say to the African-American community, what the hell do you have to lose?

Hollywood is a town; it's not a medium. And cinema is a medium you can practice anywhere.

Medicaid is a vital safety net for New York's poor and vulnerable, young and old alike.

All finery is a sign of littleness.

I've got no deep voice today. I've got a cold. But when I was young, I had a high tenor voice.

I never thought a basketball shoe would be named after a woman, let alone me.

I can put two and two together, you know. Do not think you are dealing with a man who has lost his grapes.

We don't break our captains. We kill them.