You see, I was born in the slums, that was before the ghetto. The ghetto was kind of refined; the slums was right there on the ground.

Sometimes I think the choir gets a little ticked with me because I haven't sung in a long time and I can sing

There are people much less fortunate than us, and I don't mean people hungry sleeping in the streets either

I could not have made it this far had there not been angels along the way.

They started to try and keep us off the air in the beginning.

If you're not getting the things you want, need or desire, it's because you have not accepted that you can have them.

So whatever it is you want, need or desire or just like to have, you better try to get it now, 'cause this is the only time there is.