Being on stage is magic. There's nothing like it. You feel the energy of everybody who's out there. You feel it all over your body. When the lights hit you, it's all over, I swear it is.

I love great music - it has no color, it has no boundaries.

May we continue to remember not to judge man by the color of his skin, but the content of his character.

ONCE UPON A TIME when the world was young there was a Martian named Smith.Valentine Michael Smith was as real as taxes but he was a race of one.

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

Some friends, you only see them when the sun shines.. My fans sustained me even in dark days. I owe them everything.

God created animals. And they’re loving; they’re beautiful. I feel the way (anthropologist) Jane Goodall does or any of those naturalists. I don’t find my interest in animals weird or strange at all.