I came up during that time when music, to me, was really music. It wasn't about talking about a woman and calling them a derogatory name or something like that. It was real music.

My sister used to say I had a frail chest and she 'd beat me up all the time.

Always wake up with a smile on your face, because a lot of people who went to sleep last night are not with us this morning.

I love acting it's apart of me and I try to put a little bit of myself in each of my roles.

Know what you want to do, because if you don't know what you want to do, you'll get stuck.

I really don't have favorites; I'm just a fan of movies, period.

I believe that teachers committed to the community are the ones who deserve to earn the top dollar, a starting salary of a quarter million dollars a year.