If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.

I wasn't the cutest or the most talented, but I could get through the question-and-answer period.

I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.

I felt that it was deeply moving and profound, and of course everybody was like, "Oh, the president [Barack Obama] can sing!" Maybe a little off key! I actually think that the sermon reinforced the very nature of the grace that the victims' families had shown to the world.

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

You have to be responsible for the energy you're putting out into the world.

If you are still breathing, you have a second chance.