Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?

The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough.

I can take any truth; just don't lie to me.

Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.

Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.

There's a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.

When I was maybe 5 or 6 years old, the neighborhood girls would sit on the stoop and sing. I was known as the kid who had a good voice and no father.