Make love your weapon to overcome any evil

Honor your parents by not judging them. Give them the benefit of doubt.

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

You try to be as original as you can be without thinking about statistics. You just go from the soul and from the heart.

You know I'm bad, I'm bad. You know it.

James Brown, Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Berry and Little Richard - I think they had strong influences on a lot of people, because these were the guys who really got rock'n'roll going. I like to start with the origin of things, because once it gets along it changes. It's so interesting to see how it really was in the beginning.

I always had this yearning to give and help and make people feel better.