We can never be like it was at Penn State with Joe Paterno. That was an anomaly in an of itself.

When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like church does. People don't go to church to find trouble, they go there to lose it.

I used to think like Moses. That knocked me down for a couple years and put me in prison. Then I start thinking like Job. Job waited and became the wealthiest and richest man ever 'cause he believed in God.

Music, it requires more than brawn. It requires a lot of heart. You gotta put love in there.

I only got a seventh-grade education, but I have a doctorate in funk, and I like to put that to good use

I just thank God for all of the blessings.

The white horse of heroin will ride you to hell.