Yes, too much emphasis is put on outward physical attributes in every area of American life.

People always want to ask me about my drug problem - I never had a drug problem; I had a self-esteem problem!

I will survive For as long as I know how to love, I know I'll stay alive.

First I have a collection of all of the albums I've ever done, on vax.

Well, I was in a band. I was the singer with a band called the Soul Satisfiers. I sang then quite a bit of Jazz and some Top 40 stuff.

God was in control, and I was just pliable enough to say yes to wherever He would lead.

I grew up without a father, and my mother grew up without a father and her mother grew up without a father. So we have this long heritage of growing up without fathers.