If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.

You will find true success and happiness if you have only one goal, there really is only one, and that is this: to fulfill the highest most truthful expression of yourself as a human being. You want to max out your humanity by using your energy to lift yourself up, your family and the people around you. Theologian Howard Thurman said it best. He said, “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

You define your own life. Don't let other people write your script.

Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, and it holds the world together.

Wherever you are, that’s your stage, your circle of influence. That’s your talk show, that’s where your power lies. ... You have the power to change somebody’s life. Everyone has a calling, and your real job in life is to figure out what that is and get about the business of doing it.

The struggle of my life created empathy... I could relate to pain... being abandoned... having people not love me.

Your true passion should feel like breathing; it’s that natural.