My first love is my mother. She did so much for us as children as a single parent. I watched her make a dollar out of fifteen cents. I thought she was either a magician or she had God's actual phone number. She wasn't a motivational speaker; she was an inspirational speaker.

You just have to realize that no matter how delectable that meal looks, there's a chance that you might not get to eat it while it's hot.

I like televangelism shows. I find it entertaining sometimes to see how a young person would deliver the word versus a old person.

You gotta' sell a million records before you talk about getting paid at a major [label].

You get to an age where you get tired of hiding behind whatever people think is correct.

My first love is my mother. She did so much for us as children as a single parent. I watched her make a dollar out of fifteen cents. I thought she was either a magician or she had God's actual phone number. She wasn't a motivational speaker; she was an inspirational speaker.

One thing you can't do to a fan is change their heart about somebody.