This music business can suck all the love out of you, all the compassion for people - you can start to think you're better than them. But I want to continue to let people know that I'm no better and no worse, I'm just like you.

Negative words are powerful boomerangs so be careful what you say about people and yourself.

You can look at my palm and see the storm coming. Read the book of my life and see I've overcome it.

It's sad that a lot of identities are lost and a lot of careers are lost because there's sort of a clone thing going on.

Don't go a full day or night without washing your face. You have to get all the dirt and makeup out of your pores.

As a kid, I dreamed about being onstage.

You can't get around pain and opposition, but you can try to be joyful in the trial, and thank yourself for the trial, and thank God for the strength to get through it.