I have been very, very consistent. But at the same time I kept kind of hitting my head on the ceiling and I couldn't break through.
I love the voice - it’s the most perfect instrument ever heard. It’s God given.
If music wakes you up, makes you think, heals you. . . then, I guess the music is working.
Your best success comes after your greatest disapponitment
Music is something that takes you to a world which is very different from the world of hatred,jealousy, and all those negative emotions
Success comes to those who dedicate everything to their passion in life. To be successful, it is also very important to be humble and never let fame or money travel to your head.
All my life I have had a choice of hate and love. I chose love and I am here
If your uniform isn't dirty, you haven't been in the game.
No country in the world looks upon America as a friend. When the U. S. is mentioned, people are reminded of war, aggression and bloodshed, and that's not a good thing. In other words, the American people are paying for something they don't believe in.
I was really lucky in that my mom and dad never got caught in the act, so to speak. So my mom was caught fraternizing with my dad. My mom was caught, you know, in the building that my father lived in. My mom was caught in a white neighborhood past curfew without the right permits. My mother was caught in transition. And that was key because had she been caught in the act, then, as the law says, she could've spent anywhere up to four years in prison.
What reinforcement we may gain from hope; If not, what resolution from despair.