Telling my story is to empower people to believe in their own power. We have so much power individually.

I want to look at myself in the mirror at the end of my life and say I've done my share and I'm proud of what I've done.

With technology today you can sing like a frog and sound good. And then when you come on stage, what do you do. Some of those artists never toured, probably just hype.

Even the most racist person make a very painful racial comment, give him a smile. It's better than you take a weapon on him because he's just gonna go like, "Oh." He's just being stupid.

We cannot hurt ourselves just for the sake of it. When you hurt somebody you hurt yourself. Down the line, the ripple of it comes back to you.

Don't let misery bring you down.

From the moment you are clear in your vision of yourself and how you project that vision in your family, your community and in the world, that's all that matters.