But if you don't have that memory of being loved, you are condemned to search the world for something to fill you up. But no matter how much money you make or how famous you become, you will still feel empty. What you are really searching for is unconditional love, unqualified acceptance. And that was the one thing that was denied to you at birth.

When you know something is wrong for you, you have to make difficult decisions and trust your instincts.

Start with the man in the mirror. Start with yourself. Don't be looking at all the other things. Start with you.

I love experienced people. I love people who are phenomenally talented. I love people who've worked so hard and been so courageous and are the leaders in their fields. For me to meet somebody like that and learn from them and share words with them -to me that's magic.

I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity.

Deep inside I feel that this world we live in is really a big, huge, monumental symphonic orchestra. I believe that in its primordial form, all of creation is sound and that it's not just random sound, that it's music.

Magic is easy if you put your heart into it.