What can I do but bring forth the talent that God gave me? That's all I wanted to do. To share the love and gift of entertainment. That's all I want to do. I don't want to hurt anybody.

The magic, the wonder, the mystery and the innocence of a child’s heart are the seeds of creativity that will heal the world.

My fans are activists they will fight with you to defend me.

I trembled to think of a world without stars. No guide for the sailor to trust at see, no jewels to dazzle our sense of beauty [...] But all around the globe, the air is so dirty and the lights from the cities are so bright that for some people few stars can be seen anymore. A generation of children may grow up seeing a blank sky and asking, "Did there used to be stars there?

It's [music composition] the most effortless thing in the world because you don't do anything. I hate to say it like that, but it's the truth.

I want to tell the children of the world, you are all our children, each one of you is my child and I love you all.

It all went by so fast, didn't it? I wish I could do it all over again, I really do.