Trust me, when they read the [Oscar] results, my face was...frozen. But then I thought about it, and I just decided just to...let it go.

Iconic artists are never straight ahead. Michael Jackson loved Elvis and Burt Bacharach, and uniquely blended both of them into what he did.

Don't wait for the stars to align, reach up and rearrange them the way you want...create your own constellation

When creative individuals are given a stage, they have the power to advance humanity

The odds are so stacked against you to have a music career in a place where there's virtually no music industry. So I always attribute it to God.

I only entertain very close friends.

I'm a fan of music, first and foremost. So I do things from the perspective of a fan.