Deep down inside we're all the same. We all have the same emotions.

Make love your weapon to overcome any evil

I have a loving family, a strong faith and wonderful friends and fans who have, and continue, to support me.

All the forms of popular music from jazz to hip-hop, to bebop, to soul [come from black innovation]. You talk about different dances from the catwalk, to the jitterbug, to the Charleston, to break dancing -\-\ all these are forms of black dancing...What would [life] be without a song, without a dance, and joy and laughter, and music.

I could compose and write music and get to share it with the masses and the people around the world and to have them to receive it so beautifully - I love that.

Heal the world, make it a better place.

I love Elizabeth Taylor. I'm inspired by her bravery. She has been through so much and she is a survivor. That lady has been through a lot and she's walked out of it on two feet. I identify with her very strongly because of our experiences as child stars. When we first started talking on the phone, she told me she felt as if she had known me for years. I felt the same way.