All the past we leave behind; We debouch upon a newer, mightier world, varied world, Fresh and strong the world we seize, world of labor and the march, Pioneers! O Pioneers!
I only entertain very close friends.
You learn from experiences, and I suppose that's where I color most of my music, from experiences.
Fashion is more about feel than science.
At the end of the day, the Lord knows I have no malice in my heart. But I've got tattoos, and I still fornicate.
So when I'm playing, I'm sort of painting a feeling in the air.
I've never seen myself as an artist. So when that happened it was like a whole other crazy thing.
Every man's disease is his personal property.
I had praying grandmothers who bathed me in "The Word" and filled the atmosphere with worship. Though I developed my own personal spiritual relationship later in life, the foundation they laid is what my faith was built upon.
Love is the ability to live your life with an empowered heart without attachment to the outcome, the ability within yourself to distinguish within yourself between love and fear and choose love regardless of what is going on inside yourself or outside. This is self-mastery or authentic power. . . that means you become clear, forgiving, humble and loving. . . you are grounded in harmony, cooperating, sharing and reverence for life.
When you're working opposite Halle Berry, you're going to get a lot. So you have to give a lot. That said, what I've found striking in the past few days is that people are aware of a good chemistry that exists between us on screen. If that's so, it's due to the fact that she and I have a real liking for each other in real life and a real mutual respect.