In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?

If you admire somebody, you should go ahead and tell them. People never get the flowers while they can still smell them.

That that don't kill me, can only make me stronger.

I don’t know if this is statistically right, but I’m assuming I have the most Grammys of anyone my age, but I haven’t won one against a white person.

People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.

I am God's vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.

If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world.