I'll say that I don't think you can throw a stone and not come in contact with someone who knows someone or has problems with substance abuse.

You have to get out of your comfort zone in order to grow.

The older you get, you always learn more. Sometimes it's a process of learning about yourself and what your journey is. Sometimes the process moves forward at a rapid pace in a short amount of time - or moves backwards. And you're like, "Man, I thought I had made so much progress, and now all of a sudden, I'm 10 steps further behind than when I started."

I didn't realize that diets don't work, and I did not want to diet. I didn't want to do anything that required dieting.

Civil rights happened because youth got involved. The youth stood up and helped to break the pattern that their parents had got accustomed to living. The next generation has to take that stand for whatever it is, socially, that they are involved in.

I'm starstruck everyday. The day I'm not starstruck, I'll have to retire.

I can't speak for what other artists should do. I can only tell you how I live.