I learned early on how to treat women by the examples that were set around me.

In 1971, Bossier City, Louisiana, there was a teenage girl who was pregnant with her second child. She was a high school dropout and a single mom, but somehow she managed to make a better life for herself and her children. She encouraged her kids to be creative, to work hard and to do something special. That girl is my mother and she's here tonight. And I just want to say, I love you, Mom. Thank you for teaching me to dream.

I was very much in my own world, never the popular kid. But I had a great family, a great brother and mother.

I think that to explore the uncomfortable and the politically incorrect is the job of the artist.

Dream big while you sleep, and even bigger when you're awake.

The purpose of life is to live your dreams, you should never smother your wishes.

The bridge between reality and a dream is work.