I made the decision I will own my own show. So never again will I ever be told what I can and can not do.

There's a group of 12 oak trees on my property in California that I call 'my disciples.' Their branches form a canopy over the ground, and I sit underneath them for inspiration.

Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.

Every birthday, you decide whether to mark it the end of your greatest days or the beginning of your finest hour.

What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it.

I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.

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.”