If I'm going to be a leader then I have to go places that other people are afraid to go to. That's what makes a leader. To be not afraid to step out and go over the frontline. To stare darkness right in the face.

I want America to know that you can't believe everything you hear, and nowadays, you can't believe everything you see.

I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.

Within all of us there is a storm. Some believe it will never end: but he who has faith in the heavens above will weather any storm.

Once I started singing, I didn't have to try to be cool. I was just one of the coolest guys around.

When you hear romantic music It makes you want to take your girl out to dinner or buy her something or take her out In the moonlight or take her on a walk.

Sometimes silence can seem so loud.