Be the best at what you do. Get to know more about your field than anybody alive.

I see God through my children. I speak to God through my children. I am humbled for the blessings He has given me.

On the brilliance of James Brown's dancing − and the frustrations of bad camera-work on dancers:cers: I think James Brown is a genius you know when he's with the Famous Flames, unbelievable. I used to watch him on television and I used to get angry at the camera-man because whenever he would really start to dance they would be on a close-up so I couldn't see his feet. I'd shout "Show him! Show him!", so I could watch and learn.

I find in animals the same thing I find so wonderful in children. That purity, that honesty, where they don't judge you, they just want to be your friend. I think that is so sweet.

I want my work to help people rediscover the child that's hiding in them.

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

I've never asked a girl out in my life, they have to ask me.